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EDITORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CARDINAL GILROY AT LORETO, CALCUTTA . . 6 THE AUSTRALIAN EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, 1953 . . 7 MEMORIES OF BARCELONA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SIR CHARLES GA VAN DUFFY AND CARLYLE . . . . . . 13 PICTURES: MARY'S MOUNT . . . . . . . . 15 PICTURES: LORETO, DAWSON STREET . . . . . . . . PICTURES: LORETO, PORTLAND . . . . . . . . PICTURES: LORETO, NORMANHURST . . . . . . . . SCHOOL VIGNETTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PICTURES: LORETO, KIRRIBILLI (wiLh Roll Call on page 92) 38 and 51 THIS AUSTRALIA:

AUSTRALIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO (A Poem by Lynd Nathan) 42 SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SUNSET I N THE TROPICS (A Poem by A.M.D.) . . . . . . . . 46

PICTURES: LORETO, CLAREMONT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 VIEWS AND OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SIDELIGHTS ON HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 PICTURES: LORETO, NEDLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 INTERESTING EXPERIENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 PICTURES: LORETO, MARRYATVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 and 65 OVERSEAS CONTRIBUTIONS:

PICTURES: LORETO ABBEY, RATHFARNHAM . . . . . . . . 68 PICTURES: PAST AND PRESEN'T IN THE l.B.V.M. . . . . . . 69 MAU MAU IN KENYA ............. " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 NATIVE SISTERS AT LORETO (l.B.V.M. ) GLEN COWIE, TRANSVAAL . . 72 THE I.B.V.M. IN CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM LORETO (l.B.V.M.)' LUCKNOW, INDIA . . 74

PICTURES: LORETO, TOORAK (with Roll Call on page 91) 76 THE WIDER APOSTOLATE:

LORETO FREE LIBRARY AND THERESIAN CLUB . . . . . . 80 PICTURE: ASIAN CONGRESS AT ST. MARY'S HALL . . . . 81 Y.C.S. SUMMER SCHOOL IN MELBOURNE . . 81

PICTURES: LORETO, BRISBANE . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 and 83

AMONG OUR OLD GIRLS: THE CHARM OF PARIS, by Christianne 1Delhommelle . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 SYMPOSIUM AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY, by Jennifer Cameron . . . . . . 85 THE TERRACE, W.A.,: SOME RANDOM MEMORIES, by Mary Durack Miller 86 LIFE ON OCEAN ISLAND, CENTRAL PACIFIC, by Helen Pierce 87 NoRMANHURST NoTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

PICTURES: ST. MARY'S HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 FOR JUNIORS . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Paragraphs from Personal Letters are scattered through the Magazine.

MARY WARD (1585-1645), Foundress of the I.B.V.M.

EDITORIAL ..• Our year seems to have been touched by the special radiance

that shines from the hidden glory of God in the Blessed Sacra­ment. Its divine light lifted our national aspirations to a plane where the chief emotion that stirred our hearts was gratitude -gratitude for our Catholic Faith that could now rejoice, having come through the early years of its sorrows. The National Eucharistic Congress, held in Sydney during a week of golden days in mid-Autumn, was a spiritual and national event of great importance. Our pupils in the remote capital cities of Aus­tralia felt its influence, though it was the privilege of the two Sydney houses only to be active participants.

At the closing ceremonies of the Congress, His Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, in the presence of a vast concourse kneeling in the Sydney streets, re-dedicated our country to the Holy Spirit. It was a divinely inspired act that must have stirred the heart of every thoughtful Australian who heard it. The Cardinal spoke for all who feel their responsibility in building our nationhood. Our duty to Oriental countries had been set before us in more than one symposium during the Congress. If we had been awakened to our Christian duty as a Pacific nation, we also felt a humbling need of divine guidance.

What wonder then that our hearts kindled to the Cardinal's act of consecration to the Holy Spirit. Catholic schoolgirls in Australia in this year of 1953 will be its Catholic womanhood in a few short years; and no nation is ever nobler than its women. We, who teach these girls, feel in many of them an awakening sense of their high destiny. May we put in a plea with parents to help their children to avoid the traps of mediocrity, and to encourage them in using their gifts to lead people to God.

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Cardinal Gilroy at Loretc), Calcutta It isn ' t every day that we meet a Cardinal. But

in Loreto House we have actually entertained two within a yea r. Last January brought Cardinal Spellman on his way home from Korea. This year brought Cardinal Gilroy. The Archbishop of New York was a visitor, a globe-trotter who dropped -down on CaJcutLa because he "just must see India." The Archbishop of Sydney is a beloved guest- the Pope's own envoy to India. H e is no new-comer, ei ther: ind eed we feel that we have, in the Indian idiom, "a four anna share" in Australia 's Cardinal. Did he not preside at the Plenary Council of the Indian hierarchy in 1950! And did he not come back now, as the Pope's r epresentative, to preside at the All-India celebrations of the centenary of St. Thomas !

But the smiling Bishop that sat chatting in Loreto House parlour was not like a world figure at all. H e was just a priest, a friendly, lovable ambassador of J esus Christ-very simple, very homely, very charming. H e did not give us a discourse on his travels in three continents, but sat talking casually among us, his soft voice pleasant with the faintest hint of an Australian drawl, his face lit up with its wonderful bright smile.

Cardinal Gilroy loves India. It was sheer joy to him to be in the middle of those thousands and tens of thousands of Indians, clerics and business-men, ministers of state and peasants, students and coolies -who milled round him in the Catholic South, in Goa, for the St. Francis Xavier celebrations, in Ernakulum for those of St. Thomas. Anyone else might have found the ceremonies long, hours of pontifical presiding, more hom·s of speeches, and then the enthusiastic crowds who mobbed him, jostling each other to see his face, to kiss his ring. To him it was just a beautiful demonstration of Faith that went straight to his h eart. They were St. Thomas' Christians, St. F r a n c i s Xavier's Christians, welcoming a new Apostle. He knew that it was the Church that they were honouring, so there couldn't be too much of it. Cardinal Gilroy knows the Indian people well. He knows Mar I vanios, the leader of the J acobites (St. Thomas' Christians) who a few decades ago made his submission to Rome, bringing a few thousand of his flock with him into the true fold. He is keenly interested in the thousands of those schismatics who still remain outside. He is delighted at the increase of Indians among the bishops. And he is positively enthusiastic about the great honour done to one of them, Archbishop, now Cardinal, Gracias of Bombay. Cardinal Gilroy was with him when the n ews arrived; he knows the significance of the red h at bestowed on a son of free India and he was particularly happy that it should come to Mgr. Gracias, for h e has a very high opinion of that remarkable young prelate.

From Indian Bishops to Australian Bishops.

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His Eminence Card inal Gilroy and the Most Rev. Dr. Perier, S .J., Archbishop of Calcutta, with a gro up at Loreto House (LB.V . M.) ,

Calcutta, in J anua ry, 1953.

This Primate spoke with charming modesty, as one of the younger set, and waxed very enthusiastic about the grand old m en of the Australian hierarchy. H e told us how the Americans were amazed at the energy and enterprise of th e octogenarian Archbishop Duhig, constantly moving about his big diocese. H e told us how much h e admired Archbishop Mannix walking as erect as h e was forty years ago, as clear minded and full of wit as ever with the lovely mellowness of age upon him. He exulted in the numbers and variety of religious orders in his own diocese. He was enthusiastic about the faith of the Australian laymen, of their self-sacrifice for their schools and their manning of the mission fields of the Pacific. He was delighted that the coming of so many " New Australians" had brought the Catholic population up from twenty to twenty­five per cent of the total. On his lips, these were no dull statistics but lit up with the virtue of Hope. The Cardinal isn 't m erely an authority on the Church, but an Apostle visibly thrilled to see and feel the living Church growing around him.

But what we liked best was when the Cardinal talked of the Pope. He told u s of his own visits to him, how warm was the welcome of His Holiness, how great his knowledge, how all-embracing his interest. He spoke of the .wonderful personality of Pius XII, of his deep holines.s. He told us how not only Catholics but unbelievers go from papal audiences changed men- re-made not by what the Pope has said, but by what he is. They are converted, literally, by just looking at his face. Perhaps something similar will be said of your own Cardinal. The members of his staff who were with him told us of how his flock loved him, how easy of access, how affectionate he is. Our Archbishop, Dr. Perier, S.J ., whose guest he was in Calcutta, had much to. say of him.

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Tl1e A11stralian National Eucharistic Congress, 1953

The week, beginning on the 12th April and ending on the 19th, is one that will go down in the annals of the Church in Australia as memorable for the great graces God gave to our country during the Eucharistic Congress in Sydney. From the first days of planning, right throughout the Congress, the spirit of the celebrations was clearly defined a~d fulfilled, the theme b eing, The Blessed Eucharist and Christian Charity.

HISTORIC BACKGROUND The year 1953 was a fitting year for the national

spirit of Australia to honour in a speci~l way the great goodness of God to this country where the Catholic Church began its work in days of persecution. It was in May, 1803, . that the. fir.st publicly au thorized Mass was offered m Australia, m Sydney. In that year Governor King issued a proclamation which granted Father Dixon, heroicalJy enduring the sufferings of a convict, " a conditional emancipation to enable him to exercise his Clerical Functions as a Roman Catholic Priest." White men h ad se ttled in Sydney fifteen years before, but ~uring that time pries ts were forbidden to offer Mass. It took very little in those days for a man to be sent as a convict from England or Ireland, and the sufferings of Catholics in the early history of Sydney make sad pages of reading. If Father Dixon had been able to look forward one hundred and :fifty years and see the hundreds of thousands of Catholics in Sydney paying such loyal and loving tribute to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, his heart would have been even more full of joy as he called Onr Lord down for the first time beneath the Eucharistic veils. And what of brave Father Therry, who, afcer Father Dixon had left Australia, wore out his life in long years of sacrificing toil during the sombre years of our history? . PREPARATIONS

For months before the Congress special prayers were said at the end of each Mass to beg God's blessing on the great Eucharistic Festival. Then a triduum of prayer was held in all the churches of the Archdiocese on the days preceding the opening of the Congress. Thousands flocked to their parish churches during these days of immediate preparation, and the spirit of the coming week was so manifest that many non-Catholics were deeply impressed

[Continued from page 6] human problem s in India, in Indonesia, in the Philippines. H e carries with him throughout the East the good odour of Christ.

The Cardinal's visit was all too short. After a big blessing, h e posed fo~ photoe, or rat~er. didn' t pose, just agreed to anythmg we wanted. Will that

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even before the ceremonies of the Congress began. We were all glad to know that the Holy Father had appointed as Papal Legate our own beloved Archbishop, His Eminence Cardinal Gilroy, who was also the gracious host to the ecclesiastical visitors who came from overseas, and from the other States of Australia. For over a year a committee of thirty priests had organized all the different departments which were to ensure the smooth running of events and the handling of a huge influx of visitors. The two chief departments were the Transport Department and the Police. A t the end of the Congress when the Cardinal Lega te publicly thanked these m en for their wonderful work, everyone felt glad to h ear them so honoured. It was well known that you could approach a policeman at any point in the busy city, ask him for information about Congress functions and he sure of a courteous and accurate reply. (We have heard that a number of those policemen h ave, since then, asked for instruction in the Catholic Faith.)

VISITORS TO THE CONGRESS

Besides Archbishops and Bishops and priests from all over the Commonwealth and from the Pacific I slands and New Zealand, Sydney was also privileged to welcome two v1s1tmg Cardinals : Cardinal Agagianian, of Armenia, and Cardinal Gracias, from Bombay. There were two other Indian Archbishops.' The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. McQuaid, and Bishop H eenan, from England, were also distinguished guests, who contributed greatly by their oratory to the enjoyment of functions held during Congress Week. Dr. O'Hara, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, represented the U.S.A. At our convent at Kirribilli, after the Congress, we were delighted to have visits from Cardinal Agagianian, Cardinal Gracias, Archbishop McQuaid and Bishop H eenan. Cardinal Gracias had called to see the Loreto Nuns in Calcutta on his way to Australia. One of the sp ecial ways in which our own school celebrated the great week was in a spectacular display of flood-lighting. We heard of groups of people taking ferry trips round Neutral Bay to see the beautiful sight. The whole main building and the bright green trees were brilliantly floodlit; the top of the tower was lit with amber coloured lights, and this effect on the copper cupola was entrancing. Cardinal Gilroy had

do?" "Am I photogenic?" h e joked. Then good·byes all round. "Give our love to Australia" and h e was gone, smiling and waving from the car, as h e set off to he the special envoy of the Pope at all the ports .of call from Calcutta to Sydney.

- -M. (An Australian member of the I.B.V.M. in Calcutta.)

CONGRESS SCENES

Guests at the Civic Reception kneel to kiss the rings of the three Cardinals who stood with the Lord Mayor.

TOP LEFT : In the arena of the Show­ground on Citizens' Night : Tableau of Schoolgirls, representing a Chalice and the Host.

TOP RIGHT: Cardinal Gilroy, Papal Legate, blesses school-children outside St. Mary's Cathedral before the open­ing Mass of the Congress.

CENTRE: Cardinals receiving University students at the Garden Party at Sancta Sophia Cpllege. The students in this group are Indians and Chinese.

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asked for extensive illumination of buildings, and Loreto was glad to make this contribution to the week of joyousness.

A WEEK OF REVERENCE At first, non-Catholics were puzzled by the

atmosphere of prayer that pervaded the city (and overseas visitors assure us that it is a very pagan city); gradualJy they accepted the situation, and showed a genuine and reverent interest in what was going on. This was seen not only at purely religious ceremonies but also at the various forums of discussion which were arranged, whether at the Town Hall or the University. There was one feature that appealed to many non-Catholics and that was tho preaching arranged by the Catholic Evidence Guild at street corners and in the parks. Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Vincentians, R edemptorists, Passionists and many others set up their crosses on tho back of lorries or trucks and preached as Our Lord first preached among the p eople. They spoke mainly on the R eal Presence and Christian Charity. Their forceful sermons drew curious and interested crowds which grew in size every day. At first some came to jeeq but as the week advanced they stood thoughtful and respectful. The lunch hour people especially will r emember these fine priests who endured the h eat and noisy traffic to sp eak to them. Many people hope that this feature will become a permanent sight for at least a weekly hour in Sydney.

THE CHOIRS The singing was beautiful, due in great part to

the skill and enthusiasm of Dr. Percy Jones.* The Congress F estival Choir of men and women sang at nearly all the r eligious festivals, and we grew to he thrilled at their singing of the sp ecial h ymn, W e Stand For Cod, that spoke the idealism that moved us all. The schoolgirls of all the convents (a number ch osen from each ) made up a fine choir, which our teach ers and Dr. P ercy Jones trained to great perfection. A t the Showground on Citizens' Night nine thousand girls in long evening gowns formed in the arena the tableau which we had practised-oh, how often! It r epresented a cross, a chalice and a Host- all in appropriate masses of colour. It was r eported by those in the Grandstands that the effect was ver y beautiful. A hundred thousand p eople crowded the Stands, and Cardinal Agagianian gave Benediction of the BJessed Sacrament. The lovely singing of the B ethlehem College Choir (taught by the Sisters of Charity) was lieard all over the Showground. When the lights were extinguished, our 18,000 tiny coloured torches gleamed in the arena. Benediction was over and with the hymn, Faith of Our Father s, rising like a mighty song of triumph from many thousand singers, the night came to a close. All the functions were broadcast, and if people before their wireless sets in their homes were moved to faith and enthusiasm what can we say of those who were in the very centre of it!

* The Rev. P . J ones, Vice-Director of the Conservator-ium of Music, Melbourne University.

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On the Saturday morning we again went to the Showground to sing at the Women's Mass. Dr. Percy Jones conducted at every choral function , and his choirs should be forever grateful to him for his magnificent training and self-sacrifice during that week and the months of r emote preparation.

EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION The climax of the week was the three and a h alf

hour Procession through the main streets of Sydney to St. Mary's Cathedral. This procession was summed up by the Indian prelate, Cardinal Gracias, as " a marvel of organization and a miracle of faith and devotion". The glorious autumn sunshine filled the streets, showing up the colours of the pageantry, as the procession moved off from our historic church, St. Patrick's, where the first Mass in Australia was celebrated. Fourteen mounted police led the way, followed by a torch-hearer and acolytes. Repre­sentative children from the schools taught by the various T eaching Orders in their uniforms: girls in blue, girls in brown, girls in green- all according to their sp ecial school- walked with trained step in the procession. They were followed by National Groups, many of them in the bright and picturesque costumes of their nation. There were Croats, Czechs, Poles, Lithuanians, Dutch- and even fifteen Russians. The Italians formed the largest section. Other groups were : Holy Name Society, Nurses, University graduates and under-graduates, R eligious Brothers and Priests. The diocesan priests wore Albs and Chasubles, for the first time in any public procession in Australia. The Papal Legate, Cardinal Gilroy, walked a great part of the way carrying the Monstrance, but for the last section of the route h e knelt before it in a float, beautifully decorated and drawn by deacons from St. Patrick's College, Manly. Behind the float walked the Cardinals and other distinguish ed visitors. The whole route of the procession was flanked on both sides by children of Mary in their blue cloaks; and it was said that three-quarters of a million sp ec tators witnessed the sight. Amplifier s along the streets enabled a continual devotional service to be practised: the singing of h ymns and the recitation of the Rosary. Everyone was awed by the beautiful singing of the Festival choir con sisting of three hundred girls and fifty-five men, singing at the Cath edral under the direc tion of Dr. P ercy Jones, and h eard through the amplifiers all along the streets. Many non-Catholics were deeply moved.

THE HOLY FATHER'S BLESSING The sky was blue and cloudless above th e

Cathedral and the city was suddenly still. As the Monstrance was raised in blessing we beh eld a sight that we shall surely never forge t: that great concourse of men, women and children adoring their Master. There was a great quie t over everything. This stillness was broken only when thousands of voices repeated the Divine Praises after the Cardinal; and these praises seemed to express the deep desire we felt: to offer praise to our Divine

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MEMORIES OF BARCELONA On the night of the 26th May, 1952, our train

left Madrid for Barcelona, where we were to attend the International Eucharistio Congress. As we were hoarding the train we had seen that the compartment reserved for us bore, in large letters, the inscription, MADRES IRLANDESAs~-. So we knew where to go. It was very exciting to see the long train, and to know that everyone in the packed carriages was going to the Congress. Our train had to wait until one, filled with higher and lower officers of the Army, pulled out of the station. They, too, were hound for Barcelona. Then the night journey began, most of us sleeping as well as we could.

At Zaragozat a warm sunny morning greeted us, and, knowing that we had the day to spend-the through-train from there to Barcelona did not leave till 4 p.m.-we set out to enjoy our visit to this historic city. We went first to the lovely Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar; it is under this title that Our Lady is hailed as the special Patroness of Spain. Her statue in this Basilica is richly adorned with jewels and costly robes. As we went about the city we were shown where it has been rebuilt since the terrible destruction that befell it in the War.+

We settled ourselves in the train at 4 p.m., hut hardly expected a night of such heat. It was with great relief that we saw the lights of Barcelona, glowing over a wide expanse of horizon. At midnight, we alighted from our train, and were glad to go to the "Residence-Lestonac'', where we had booked rooms. We were soon asleep in our comfortable beds-our first good sleep since we had left Madrid.

CHILDREN'S DAY AT THE CONGRESS When we awoke it was ten o'clock, and we could

see from our windows that the city was wrapped in the splendour of a Mediterranean sun. Out in the streets there was an atmosphere of festivity and joy; the facades of all the buildings were gay with flags while the people who filled the streets looked cheerful and expectant. When we had walked as far as the Diagonal, we halted with the crowds that were waiting to see the passing of Generalisimo Franco, who was driving through Barcelona with his brilliant cortege amidst the greetings and cheers of the people. After this we went home to rest. At luncheon we were given envelopes containing the

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Master in the spirit of charity. This was indeed the Congress spirit. Then Cardinal Gilroy preached a short hut moving sermon on the Blessed Eucharist and Christian Charity, and ended by reciting a beautiful act of consecration to the Holy Spirit, thereby dedicating anew our island continent to the service of God. The culmination of the great day came when we were told to stand by for a message from Vatican City. We were overwhelmed to hear the voice of the Holy Father speaking in English in a special broadcast to his children in Australia. He ended by giving us his blessing. . . We arrived hack

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booklets and medals of Congressis.ts. The badges we pinned on our dresses without delay. For us, the Congress had then begun . . . In the afternoon we took part in the children's homage of prayer to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at the Altar in Pius XII Square. A countless number of little ones approached the Altar in procession, hearing in their hands hunches of wheat and olive, symbolizing the Eucharist and Peace. On the steps that led up to the Altar were hundreds of children dressed in the white robes of their first Communion. We represented the children of the whole world; and when one of the priests announced the offerings received: millions of Masses, Communions, Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, etc., culminating in the ten and a half million of acts of charity, we felt that we were not mere spectators, hut an active part of this tremendous demonstration in honour of J esus in the Blessed Sacrament, for we had sent in our lists of prayers and acts that we offered at school.

A DAY OF OUTINGS Next morning after assisting at Mass at the

Residence we set out for San Jose de la Montana, the shrine at the foot of the Tibidaho mountain. There is a tradition in this part of Spain that it was to this mountain that Satan led Our Lord in one of the temptations He faced during His forty days' fast in the desert. Looking over the sea and land from the top of the mountain, Satan said to Our Lord: "Tihi daho . . . " All these shall I give unto You. We were not there to see the wonderful scene on the Tibidaho on Mens' Night during the Congress, when fifteen thousand men in torchlight procession wound their way up the hillside to make the Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament. City magnates and workmen rubbed shoulders together in the Confraternity of Nightly Adoration while their prayers mingled with the chant of the Benedictine monks who have a monastery on Tihidaho.

We children were not there; still, we rejoiced to hear of it. On the afternoon after our visit to the shrine at the foot of Tihidaho, we went by car to Montserrat, where we spent some never-to-he­forgotten hours admiring the magnificent panorama and the historic monastery with all its treasures of art, many of them intimately connected with St.

at school in the late dusk to find the convent lit with floodlights. The cream tower, now transformed into a golden amber, looked beautiful and impressive against the dark sky.• The Congress was over, and we felt tired and excited and a little sad to think that the beautiful week of prayer and fervour was past; hut full of gratitude to belong to such a lovely school as Loreto and to possess the Catholic Faith.

YVONNE . MATI'HEW, MAUREEN BEESLEY, NINA MORRIS, LOUISE BOLAND,

HELEN FLYNN, ANNE DESMARCHELIER, · Loreto, Kirribilli.

• See also page 40.-Ed.

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A First Communicant at the I.B.V.M . and her Mother. (The convent at Barcelona is in the Roman Generalate of the I.B.V.M .) Montserrat : Basilica and Monastery; the Black Virgin ; Funicular transport.

Montserrat owes its fame to the noble Benedictine monastery which was built on some of its precipitous rocky ledges in the 9th century.

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Ignatius in the first days of his marvellous conversion. On the way hack to Barcelona we met several lorries from the Basque lands bringing Basque workmen to the Congress. On these lorries were displayed boards and scrolls on which we could read words of praiseof Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

CONSECRATION OF THE ARMY On the morning of the 30th May we witnessed the

moving and impressive act of the Consecration of the Army to the Eucharist. Generals and other officers, at the head of whom were the Ministers of the Army, Air Force and Navy, assisted at Mass in the open air. At the end of the Mass took place the act of consecration of the three military forces to Our Lord. It was a stirring experience for us all, and we prayed that they might always belong ·.to Our Lord and fight for His cause wherever He might need them ... At night we went to the Church of the Holy Family, where the Church itself served as the magnificent background for the mystery play acted on its broad terraces of steps. Not only was the acting impressive, hut the whole scene had a magic quality which would have delighted the great Spanish playwright, Calderon, could he have returned to see his play acted in the twentieth century to such an appreciative audience. Five hundred actors presented this play on the tragedy of sin and the struggle • between the spirit and the flesh.

THE ORDINATION OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY PRIESTS

On the following day was celebrated one of those magnificent acts without parallel, it is said, in the history of Christianity: the Ordination, in the Stadium, of 820 priests of different races. There has never been seen, nor ever will be seen again such a spectacle, said the Papal Legate, Cardinal Tedeschini, who was cheered and applauded with overwhelming enthusiasm as he entered the Stadium . . . W a could see the twenty altars with their tall candlesticks and vases of lilies, and the eight hundred and twenty Seminarians as they filed out to the different altars. And shall we ever forget the wonderful ceremony with its Litany of the Saints rising and falling in cadences like the come and go of the waves? Then the Masses with the newly­ordained assisting, and all around under the warm Spanish sky more than half-a-million voices from

SIDELIGHTS AT THE BARCELONA CON­GRESS: I met a taxi-driver who was searching through the crowded street for a foreign priest who lfad forgotten his camera, and left it in the taxi. Then there was an incident of a type-writer, which an absent-minded person had left on the street the night before when he got out of the train. The type-writer was returned to him next day.

I met a foreigner wP,o was buying all the newspapers in a kiosk and who said: "I am going

-to send them to my country that they may see what life in Spain is like." . . . Several times I asked passers-by for a certain street or square; and not

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every nation uniting in a glorious "Credo in unum Deo" As the Holy Father was to say next evening at the closing ceremonies: "So many nations, so manYi rites hut one Heart and one soul."

In the afternoon, those of the girls who were not too tired went off to Manresa to visit the Cave of St. Ignatius. . . In the evening, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Martinez Bayo, father of our school companion, Mercedes, we were driven in two cars all round the city, to the Cathedral, to Tibidaho, where we were entranced with the spectacle below us, so fantastic that it looked like a new firmament with all its varied constellations.

CLOSING CEREMONIES The first of June! A fitting day for the closing

ceremonies. In the evening the Papal Legate, kneeling behind the Blessed Sacrament on a raised platform drawn by two hundred and fifty of the newly-ordained priests, passed in a two-mile proces.sion through the streets of that Barcelona once famed for its anti-Catholic Revolutions, now transformed into a vast Sanctuary of prayer. Then, the perfect ending of a perfect week! From loudspeakelil t(hat 'formed a network extending to the city boundaries the Holy Father's voice spoke a message that was carried into the homes of the citizens as well as to the hundreds of thousands massed in Pope Pius XII Square and beyond . Silence spoke as the hum of the great city was hushed and Christ's Representative on earth said: "We bless you all!" Then, in smooth flowing Spanish he spoke of the Congress as an example of peace and unity: to the world, ending: "We wish to gather together all your voices, all the wishes of your hearts and all the anxieties of your souls, and consecrate them into one great cry for peace-a cry that may be heard the world over."

Do you wonder now that the ringing of bells, the flight of doves, the cry of seagulls and the shrill hoot of the siren-all spell Barcelona for me?

Collegio I.B.V.M., MAITE ARRARAS Madrid. (and collaborators).

* The name by which Loreto nuns of the I.B.V.M. are known in Spain. Some of the nuns accompanied the girls to the Congress.

t Saragossa. (Ed.) :j: The Spanish Civil War of 1936. (Ed.)

only did they point it out to me politely hut more than once they accompanied me, as in the case of a working-man who insisted, saying: "It is no trouble; it is the third time to-day that I accompanied a stranger."

I spoke to several foreign priests and asked them what impression they had obtained of Barcelona; they always replied: "It is just marvellous." A Frenchman went on to say: "The city can he compared with Paris; but the people with no one."

I.B.V.M. Castilleja, Sevilla. MARIA PEPA. Spain.

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Sir Charles Gavan Duffy and Carlyle Surely the friendship between the Irish patriot,

Charles Gavan Duffy, and the gloomy Scotch philosopher, Thomas Carlyle, must have been one of the most extraordinary friendships in literary history. They met for the first time at the Carlyles' home in Chelsea, London, in 1845; and a friendship sprang up immediately: Charles Gavan Duffy on the one side, Carlyle and his delightful Jane on the other. Next day Gavan Duffy wrote to his wife in Ireland: "We dined at Hampton Court yesterday and sp ent the evening at Thomas Carlyle's. I have much to tell you of him, but more of his wife. She is one of the most natural, unaffected , fa scinating women I ever encountered. She is no longer handsome, but full of intellect and kindness blended gracefully and· lovingly together. Among a hundred

·interes ting things which she told u s, one was that Alfred Tennyson does not, as you supposed, tell his own story in 'Locksley Hall; ' that h e is unmarried, and unlikely to marry, as no woman could live in the atmosphere of tobacco-smoke which h e makes about him from morn till night."

RECORD OF A FRIENDSHIP*

The friendship begun that evening at Chelsea lasted for the rest of their lives, and we may read its course in the book which Gavan Duffy wrote in 1892. In the preface to the first edition he stated that the " papers were originally published in the Contemporary R eview, chiefly for the purpose of presenting a more real, as well as a more human, picture of the philosopher of Chelsea than readers have been accustomed to of late." The Carlyle menage at Chelsea seem s to be a subject of perennial interest; even as r ecently as 1952 a London publisher sent forth to the literary world a large volume on the Carlyles, as a kind of last word on their happiness or lack of it. While on the subject, we may turn to the last pages of Gavan Duffy's book for his r emarks: "I was in Ireland when the n ews reached me of Mrs. Carlyle's sudden death. There was none of her !'ex outside my own immediate kith and kin whose loss would have touched m e so nearly. I had known her for thirty years, always gracious and cheerful, even when physical pain or social trouble disturbed her tranquillity. She was p erhaps easily troubled, for she was of the sensitive natures who expect more from life than it commonly yields. I verily believe her married life was as serene, sympathe tic and satisfying as those of ninety-nine out of a hundred of the exceptionally endowed classes who constitute Society. The greatly gifted are rarely content; they anticipate and desire something beyond their experience, and find troubles where to robuster natures there would be none. There was an incident connected with her death which has always struck me as peculiarly tragic. When the news reached her husband by telegram, fresh from his election as Rector of the University of Edinburgh, he retired into

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absolute privacy; but his letters were brought to him n ext morning, and among them was one from her whom h e knew to be dead, full of triumph at his success, and of lively speculations on the future." Charles Gavan Duffy's own nobility of i:haracter saw all that was best in his friends, and Carlyle emerges from this book a more lovable per­son than we supposed him to be. When the book was publish ed all the re- Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.

putable English journals gave it sympathetic reviews, the Guardian's estimate being: " Never, perhaps, since the days of Boswell has anything of like importance in the shape of conversation been recorded in which the narra tor was so absolutely candid; and yet, in the present instance, we close the page, as we cannot close Boswell's, with a profound respec t for both persons of the dialogue."

CARLYLE AS CONVERSATIONALIST For thirty-five years Gavan Duffy enjoyed the

friendship of Carlyle, though sometimes years passed without a meeting, as happened while he was in Australia. Often the meetings were in Ireland, and there is no doubt that Carlyle saw that country through more tolerant eyes, because it was the beloved country of his sincere and kindly friend. And wherever they were they talked: Gavan Duffy usually asking the questions, Carlyle doing most of the talking. Of Carlyle's conversational manner Gavan Duffy has written: " His talk was a clear rippling stream that flowed on without interruption, except when he acted the scene h e was describing, or mimicked the person he was citing. With the play of hands and head he was not a bad mimic, but his countenance and voice, which expressed wrath or authority with singular power , were clumsy instruments for badinage. His attempts, however, were more enjoyable than skilful acting; h e entered so frankly into the farce himself, laughing cordially, and manifestly not unmindful of the contrast his levity presented to his habitual mood." How good it would have been to sit near them in a railway­carriage, or in a coach as these two great-hearted men travelled about the Irish countryside, talking in the freedom of conversation that was the h ealing, heart-warming communing of friends. A few sentences from Carlyle's " Irish R eminiscences" show the friends from another angle: "Waterford car at last; in the hot afternoon we rattled forth into the dust . . . Scrubby, ill-cultivated country. Duffy ialking much, that is - making me talk. Kil-

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m acthomas, clean white village hanging on the steep decliningly. Duffy discovered; enthusiasm of all for him, even the policeman. Driver privately whispei·ed m e h e would like to give a cheer. 'Don't , it would do h im no good.' "

CONVERSATION ON WORDSWORTH One day in answer to Gavan Duffy's question:

"Who is the best talker among the notable p eople you h ave m et in London? " Carlyle said that when h e m et W ordworth first h e h ad been assured that h e talked b etter than any m an in England. It was his habit to sp eak whatever was in his mind at the time, with total indifference to the impression it produced on his h ear ers ; on that occasion h e k ept discoursing on h ow far you could get out of London on this side and on that for sixpence. One was disappointed perhap s; but, after all, this was the only h ealthy way of talking, to say what is actually in your mind, and let sane creatures who listen m ak e what they can of it. Wh ether they understood or not, Wordsworth m aintained a stern composure, and went his way, content that the world would go quite another road. W hen Carlyle knew him better , h e found that no m an gave you so fai thful and vivid a picture of any p erson or thing which h e had seen with his own eyes.

Gavan Duffy then inquired if h e might assume that Wordsworth was the best talker in England. Well, r eplied Carlyle, it was true you would get more m eaning out of what Wordsworth had to say to you than from anybody else. Leigh Hunt would em it more pretty, pleasant, ingenious flashes in an hour than Wordsworth in a day. But in the end you would find, if well considered , that you had been drinking p erfumed water in one case ; and in the other you got the sen se of a deep, earnest man, who had thought silently and painfully on many things.

SIR CHARLES GAV AN DUFFY IN AUSTRALIA In 1856 Gavan Duffy emigrated to Australia , and

maJe his home in Melbourne where h e remained until 1880 when h e r e turned to Europe. Within less than a year of his arrival in Australia h e stood for Parliament and was elected b y a tremendous majority to the Victorian Legislative Assembly. His name will always be r emembereJ in Australia as one of the few statesmen of r enown . But to r e turn to his fri endship with Carlyle : It had now to be continued by le tter except when he visited London. W hile h e was Minister of Lands in the Victorian Assembly, h e named a township on the Murray after his old fri end , Carlyle, who wrote of his pleasnrc from Chelsea: " . . . The Township of Carlyle (more power to it ) amused us very much ; and there was in it a kind of interest, p a thetic and other , which was higher than amusem ent. 'S tuart-Mill Street ', ' Sterling Street' (esp ecially Jane Street ), I could almost have wept a little (had any t ears now remained m e) at

these strange handwritings on the wall; stern and sad, the m eaning of that to m e, as well as laughable. In short, it is a very pretty device ; and if in the chief square or place they one day put the statue of C.G.D. himself, when h e has become h ead in the colony and led it into the good way (which is far off just now ) , I shall by no m eans be sony. For the r est, the plans, e tc., of ' Carlyle' are firml y bound and secured , along with a learned volume of Scotch antiquarian biogr aphy, and there wait until th ey become antique if possible. . . "

THE LAST CONVERSATION Gavan Duffy's first visit on finally r e turning to

Europe in 1880 was to Carlyle. Le t him tell us about it in his own words : " It was deeply touching to see the Titan, who had n ever known langour or weakness, suffering from the dilapidations of old age ... His talk was subdued in tone, but otherwise unalter ed. 'It takes a long time to die', h e said, with his old smile, and a gleam of humour in his eye. Although h e was feeble, his face had not lost its character of power or authority. His chief trouble, he declared, was to he so inordinately long in dep arting. Up to seventy h e had lost none of his faculties, but when his right hand fail ed that loss entailed others. H e could not dic tate with sa tisfac tion. H e found , when h e dic tated , the words were about three times as many as h e would employ propria manu. Composition was in fact a process which a man was accustomed to p erform in private, and which could not be effec tually p erformed in the presence of any person whatever ... T h e discipline of delay and impediment, of which h e had had considerable experience, was not, on the whole, a hostile element to labour in. In his later life he had some share of what m en call prosperity ; but, alas, it might well be doubted, if for him anJ fot all men, trouble and trial were not a wholesomer condition than ease and prosperity . . .

EPILOGUE " I did not see him again before leaving London,

and in the spring of the ensuing year the summons to his funeral, which followed me to the south of France, only reached me when the bod y was already on its way to Scotland. Time had brought to a close, not prematurely, but with many forewarnings, a friendship which nothing h ad di sturbed , and which was one of the chief comforts of my life." (Charles Gavan Duffy.) I.B.V.M., Sydney. -M. * Conversations with Carlyle, by Sir Charles Gavan

Duffy (London: Cassell & Co .. 1892) , is out of print. The copy we are using is the property of Gavan Duffy's grandson, W. Gavan Duffy, Esq. (Sydney) , who has long family connections with Loreto in Ireland and Australia and who wrote a biographical sketch of his grandfather in the 1951 issue of our magazine.-Ed.

SUB-INTERMEDIATE AND SECOND YEAR CLASSES. (See picture bottom page 15) F RONT ROW : Kathleen Shea, H elen O ' Brien, Levina Hicks, Margaret ~ulliva n , B everley Doering, Louise H amilton, Clare Carlile ( in front),

J anice B uck ingh am Clare Hager , Joan Condon, Carole Conlan, Aileen Bolger. SE COND ROW : Pamela Byrne, Cletus M cMahon, Pamela Broad, P atricia Jess, Margot Hayden, Judith B esem eres, Mary Bourke, Annette

Doney, Denise Flaherty, Finola Joyce. . . BACK ROW : Annette McSwiney, Ma rgaret Besemere,s, A1l~e n Doolan, Jacqueline Matthews, Irene Rinald i, Anastasia O ' Donoghue, Carmel

Rice, Margaret O ' Loghlen, Julienne Tweddle. ABS E NT : M ar ii:ot Podii:er, Noel Sheahan.

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TOP : MATRICULATION, LEAVING AND INTERMEDIATE CLASSES BACK R O W (left to right}: Diane George, Judith Harris, Ann Vaughan, Susan Gudgeon, Mary Dillon, Carmel Liston, Brenda Murray, Janice

Barker, Gay Joshua. THIRD ROW: Patricia O 'Bree, Adria n ne Gudgeon , Helen W ilson, Annette Bongiorno, Elaine Matheson, Judith M cBride, Marcia Forrest,

W endy Stothers, Jen nifer Smith, Gabrielle Rice, Geraldi ne McGrath, Moira Curran. SECO ND R O W : Claire Cain, Helen O 'Bryan (c), Maureen Hicks, Patricia Rinaldi, Colette Christie (c), Nanette Crameri (Head of the School},

Marie O ' Donohue (c), Elizabeth O brincsak (c), Kathleen Barfield, Helen McGoldrick (c}, Janet Hayden. F RONT RO W : Marie O 'Callaghan, Cla re Dow, Margaret Holmes, Helen Baker, Denise Hoare.

LORETO ABBEY, MARY'S MOUNT, BALLARAT, VICTORIA

FIRST YEAR CLASS AND JUNIOR SCHOOL FIRST ROW (left to right): Patricia Summons, Betty Hayden, Gillian Coghlan, Anita Bell, Holly Bilson, Christine Wallace, Marion Dunne,

Mary Nunn, Annette Gibson, Margot Jenkins, Helen Hagor, Sally Joshua. SECOND ROW: Rosemary Fulton, Janet O 'Loghlen, Helen Powell, Elizabeth Fraser, Marilyn Jenkins, Joan Faulkner, Gwen Slee, Carolyn

McSwiney, Jennifer Rubino, Jillian Hurley, Sandra Mackenzie. THIRD ROW: Susan Bateson, Louise Podger, Faye Faulkner, Jacqueline Gibson, Mary O 'Connor, Anne Sparks, Lorna Holmes, ' Lana Jenkins,

Patricia Hayden, Janet Powell. BACK ROW: Elizabeth Ryan, Jacqueline McGilp, Greta McGilp, Philippa Hayes, Eleanor Bunning, Sandra Hayes, Wendy Pritchard, Annette

Faulkner, Eileen Besemeres. ABSE NT : Gabrielle McGuiness, Margaret Creati, F . Parkinson.

KINDERGARTEN Gillian Landy, Sam Hutchison, Kerry Jackman, Julie Breen, John Cleary, Margot Smith, Peter Byrne. FRONT : Anne Hardy, Teresa Corbett, David Lee. ABSENT: Patrick Breen, Jimmy Callinan.

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MEET THE MATRICULATION CLASS

Nanette Cmmeri. Our H ead this year. Need I say any more? Speaking of the Choir Seconds, wc u se the plural m erely for convention, for they (it ) are (i s) rea ll y Nanette!

H elen Mc.Goldrick. Captain of Ward and Sports' Captain. For relaxation is 1st Councillor for 2nd Division . I s a good p ianist- that is- wh en sh e has her arms free of plaster.

H elen O'Bryan. Connected with the past in the form of a cousin, and prominent in the present as 4th Councillor.

Colette Christie. Councillor for the day-girls. No wond er they are always late leaving. Have to be t,idy ? Of course!

• Patricia Rinaldi. Of no importance.

- AND THE LEA VIN GS -

Elizabeth Obrincsak. 2nd Councillor. Quie t and ~ tudious, and a gen tle presence in the Leaving Room. She has command of five languages. Sometimes we arc not sure which sh e is using, so we nod our heads wisely.

Jifoureen Hicks. An enthusiast at sport and a success at Art, so Jife is full of promises.

W endy Stothers. Neatness com es naturally to her. H ow we wish it were catching !

Adricuine Gudgeon. An A ustralian colleen with ability, some of which mu st be exercised in the management of h er younger s i te1· and - some -in the Science Room ??

Claire Cain. From Sh eephills, where soft blush es glow and great brains grow, to judge b y Clai re.

Marcia Forrest. Last year 's 1st Counci11or at Portland. This year 's No. 1 tennis player at Mary's Mount. Winner of Ballarat School girls' Champion­ship.

Elaine Matheson. Will give you a good game of tennis. (If you enjoy losing, of course !) One of the morn lively s tudents with a fl air for Modern Art. Elaine hails from T erang.

Judith Harris. From T erang. H er vitality could b e u sed to advertise Clement's Tonic. She is foremost in all the fun.

Pat O'Bree. The friendly brown eyes of Pat light up whenever they see anyone, for h ere is the chance for a little chat.

A nnette Borgiorno. \Ve've b een able to watch Annette grow. The ques tion now is: will sh e s top?

Dianne George. Wimbledon - h ere I com e! Meanwhile there are obstacles in the form of lesson s. Ready, willing and able, Dianne is much in demand.

Geraldine McGmth. Quite an authority on Square Dancing. I s the wall-paper on her books (even exercise hooks) Escapism, or a sort of sugar-coat ing on unpalatable contents?

Kathleen Barfield. Gentle-voiced, sh e is like Silence midst the trumpet tongues around h er. She is No. 3 of the sister s who h ave attended the Abbey.

PATRICIA RINALDI, Mary's Mount.

A MISSION FETE On Saturday, the 13th of June, Mary's Mount h eld

the Annual Mission Fete. It was a typical Ballarat winter's day-only the snow was mi ssing! Af ter the term holidays some girls brought hack gifts for the Fete, while others became frantically busy, endeav­ouring to fini sh their needlework or knitting.

The Great Day arrived! Everyone was in a high pitch of excitement! All the morning we were busy, pressing and arranging novelties on the stalls. Spinnin g J ennys, Hoop-la! and lucky number tables were se t up ; and, p e rhaps the most important places in the eyes of m any, the counters where sweets, cak es, d1·inks and ice-cream (yes, ice-cream! The m ercury rose to 48°) would be sold.

A t three o'clock the doors opened. Girls streamed into the h a 11. Parents were arriving and within a few minutes business becam e very brisk. For a time <he Fancy Goods counters were the main attraction ; but many of the girls soon moved on to try their luck on the games, where they nearly an succeeded.

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were - a doll with a complete trousseau , a ladies' travel1ing set, and a dream of a handkerchief sach e t and other deli ghtful thin gs.

A Devonshire T ea was enjoyed by all the visitors later in the afternoon. The ladies who ran stalls were in sore n eed of a rest and refreshments.

Soon after lunch purses began to feel empty. Before the crowds moved away all the raffles were drawn. Many of us were not succe sful in winning anything, but our congratulations go to those who were.

As we were all feeling tired after our big day we were glad to have tea and go to bed, t o dream of the b eautiful articles we had bought and the wonderful day that we had. Thanks to the great generosity of parents and fri ends our Mission efforts were crowned with success.

HELEN O'BRYAN (Matriculation) , Mary's Mt.

Message to Adrianne and Sue Gudgeon: We were sorry not to be able to use your article on the Conquest of Everest, Adrianne and Sue; but the subject had already been discussed by another contributor.-Ed.

SENIOR SCHOOL (Right)

TENNIS TEAMS (Right Centre)

MIDDLE SCHOOL (Centre Left)

PREFECTS (Bottom Left)

JUNIOR SCHOOL (Bottom Right)

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LORETO CONVENT, DAWSON STREET, BALLARAT, VICTORIA SENIOR SCHOOL-FRONT (left to rie:ht ): B. Klein, H. Salter. FIRST ROW: J. Kerrins, M. Bergin, K . Hayes, D. Keogh, F . Dynon, B . Emery, C. Parrot, J. Hayes, B. Davey, D. Muller. SECOND ROW : A. Watts, P. Tuppen, M. Barry, Y. Ashkar, L . Doh lie, E. Doblie, M. Callaghan, M. Vanina, K . Power. THIRD R OW : A. O pie, P . Quinlan, M. Murray, J. Nichol son, N . Donnelly , E . Davies, A. Davison, J . Rothbotham, M. Fitzpartick , P . Brown. FOURTH ROW: M. McArdle, N . Murray, J. Madden, D. Rosser, L . Cockerell, B . Sta cpoole, M. Wal sh, E . Taffe, L. Butler. FIFTH ROW: M. Pierce, A . Guy, A . Sheridan, M. Howlitt, M. O ' Halloran, H. Nolan, M. Meany, M. P ierce, A.-. Sutherland, M. Kennedy.

MIDDLE SCHOOL-FRONT ROW: D. Gemmola, B. Millingto n, B. Smithwick, C. Duggan, L. Palumbo, H. Bryans, M . Scott, I. Upmalis, B. Cham. S. O 'Neill, M. Cooper. .

SECOND ROW: A. Re, B. Adamsons, M. Morrison, B . Najim, F. M c Leod, M. Cooke, P . Webster, D. Mezaks, P . Webste r, K. Coughlan. THIRD ROW: F. Callaghan, V. Kincade, B . Walsh, K. Hobby, R. Pittard, C. Jones, M. Cooke, L. Gemmola. M. Mezaks. FOURTH ROW: D. Paddle, J. Findlay, M. Stapleton, J . M cArdle , M. Cummins, C. Prout, M. Cummins, M. Comrie.

TENNIS TEAMS-Sitting (left to right) : M. Murray, A. O pie, J. Madden. Standing: Y . Ashkar, J . Robotham, M. Pierce, D . Rosser, N . Murray.

PREFECTS-Sitting: Marie Pierce (Head of the School). Standing: Jean Madden, D. Rosser, M . Murray.

CONTI NUED ( I N l'AGE 19

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BALLARAT IN BEGONIA WEEK If you i·eally want to know what festivity is, you

should have come to Ballarat during Begonia Week. The city b ells rang out to announce the opening

of the celebrations, and the bands and the pipers played and piped at various intervals till the cele­brations were no more.

The historic Cobb's Coach drove into Ballarat on the day that the celebrations began , carrying a special Melbourne mail. Sturt Street was decorated for the occasion - the Town Hall and principal buildings were outlined with coloured lights, and flags fluttered gaily in the breeze. The shop windows were specially decorated, begonia tapestries hung on the walls of Tunbridge's Furniture Shop , and through the windowSi one could see a bush setting. Even the sides of lamb in Heinze's butcher shop were decorated with b egonias, while the roasts of beef were strewn with imitation green g;rass.

The Queen of Begonias presided at each festivity. " The Story of the Toy Shop" was produced by

the junior children at the City Oval- it was amusing to watch fai1·ies, golliwogs, toy soldiers, bunnies and dolls frolicking in their coloured dresses. Five hundred girls in multi-coloured frocks did the Begonia Dance, and another se t of juniors in national costume, looked sturdy and earnest in the Dutch Dance.

A choir of one thousand children's voices sang at eventide in the grandstand of the City Oval. Their repertoire included " Going Home," "Westering

Home," "Song of the Hebrides," "Australia," "Bal­larat," " Land of Hope and Glory," and "The Hallelujah Chorus."

There was a procession, walky-talky controlled, in which the big firms and movements in Ballarat were represented b y spec tacular float s. The Queen of Begonias, preceded by h er attendants, was sea ted in a huge shell throne cover ed in begonias. The nurses portrayed a Florence Nightingale scene, the Young Catholic Workers. performed gymnastic feats on bars, and the Youth Centre float displayed a Chinese dragon.

Highlanders from all over Victoria had a special afternoon at the City Oval, where the Highland bands competed, and kilted children danced to the strains of the bagpipes.

On Sunday afternoon, in the Ballarat Gardens, " Music for the P eople" provided an entertainment for Ballarat citizens. The Victorian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hector Crawford, delighted the appreciative audience.

Other items included the Mardi Gras celebrations at View Point on the shore of Lake W endouree; the Square Dancing in the city streets; Australia's Hour of Song; Folk Dancing at the Botanical Gardens; a Military Display and Bonfire at Landsborough Reserve, and an Art Exhibition at which the Floral Carpet was displayed at the Albert Hall.

THE INTERMEDIATE CLASS, Dawson Street.

CARDINAL AGAGIANIAN VISITS BALLARAT Very few celebrities come to Ballarat, so great

was our joy when it was announced that Cardinal Agagianian was coming. Bishop O'Collins invited him by cable as soon as h e heard that the Cardinal was coming to the Eucharistic Congress.

All the Catholic schools of Ballarat and surround­ing districts arrived at St. Patrick's College Oval by tram, 'bus and on foot. The St. Patricks' boys formed a long guard of honour, about a quarter of a mile in length, from the gate, through the cor­ridors, on, to the Oval.

Close to the platform were the clergy and :religious and then a sea of · children - two thousand .in number - covered the Oval.

As the Cardinal arrived, the children's choir sang the "Ecce Sacerdos." His Lordship, Bishop O'Col­lins, introduced the Cardinal as his old teacher and friend at Propaganda College. H e hoped the

Cardinal in his life time would unite th e eastern and western rites under Rome. The Cardinal said that h e was only a humble priest and that the Bishop was " too much eulogius" of him. He was happy to be in Ballarat with the Bishop and his people. He told the children to be virtuous if they wanted to be happy, and in this way they would make Australia advance. He blessed us and gave us a holiday. It was charming to see the friend ship between the Bishop and the Cardinal.

The nuns went up individually to kiss the Car­dinal's ring and to receive a friendly word.

The Cardinal's sincerity and holiness impressed us specially - we thought the grace of God seemed to flow from him. As he left the grounds a rousing ovation from the enormous gathering followed him.

LEAVING CLASS, Dawson Street.

LORETO CONVENT, DAWSON STREET, B ALLARAT, V ICTORIA.-Continued fro m page 18

JUNIOR ~CHOOL-B~C:K ROW : T. Williams, G. H eal~, P. Wilson, M . Marti n, D . Kerin, D. Scott, J. Pitz.en, B. Cummins, P. Casey, R. D Arey, F . M1llmgton, G. Reynolds, K . Davidson, F . Galla gher, A. Green. M . Bongiorno.

THIRD ROW: A. R eynolds, S. Curtain, R. Birch, G. Brooks, S. Martin, A. Hulett, P. Harman, H. Brooks, P. Cook M. Healy S. Nicholls F. Cook, M. Duffy, M . Diamond, M. Q uinlan, A. Tobin, B . Porter, S. Morris, E . Bryant, A. Scott. ' ' '

SECOND RqW: T . Ca~n, J . Brayb~ook, J . Bryant, J. Morrison, D. Doblie ~ S. Upmalis, P . Smithwick, D. Skinner, G. Lorensini, M. Bongiorno, M. Nicholls, J . Diamond, E. K ennedy, R. Adamson, M. Pittard, D . Taylor, B . Rice, L . Hay, T. Blundell.

FRONT ROW: P. Spring, M. Dobson , G. Torpy, R. Majim, T. O'Donnell, R. Re, J. Taylor, P. Jones, D. O ' Neill P . D'Arcy M Pitzen p Ratcliffe, F. Rice, K. Skinner, J. Powell, D. Hickey. ' ' · ' ·

ABSENT : E. Cooke, F. Woodford, D . O ' Connor, P. Naj im, M. Green, J . Pye, J. Russo, I. O'Keefe.

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MARY McKENZIE MARGARET HEFFERNAN MARGARET MANNES ANNE ROSTOCK MARGARET GREGORY RF.YERLY DOYLE NOLA WARD CAROLE CLARK JOSEPHINE CARROLL EILEEN GURRY MARGARET GURRY WENDY KERR MARGARET HUDSON NOLA UEBERGANG

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LORETO CONVENT, PORTLAND, VICTORIA KATHLEEN BOYER MAUREEN WALSH MARGARET GASH Jl/DLTli MATHEWS SALLY LEIGHTON MAUREEN DREW MARLENE KEMPTON MARJORIE FOLEY LORRAJNE PEACOCK JOAN GURRY JUDITH SKEY CORAL BOURKE LESLIE HENNESSEY JOSEPHINE FITZGERALD

ANN TURNRULL i\I ARJ A LIGHTFOOT FRANCES GASH KATHLEEN CORDY DELLAS PREECE MARY O'HALLORTIAN VERO NJ CA ELT.l OTT JUDCTl-l GURRY ELIZABETH McCABE BRENDA QUINLIVAN TONI BENNETT ANN MALING KERRY ELLIOTT LEONIE MIZE

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HELEN GASH SHIRLEY GALVIN BEVERLEY CAMPRELL DIAN A STUTCHBERRY JAN OllORN WENDY llAKER PAULINE FENTON DEANNA FREDERICKS MEREDITH KING THERESE IJOSTOCK LESLIE PARKER MARGOT McCABE JULIE PREECE

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"LORETO DAY", PORTLAND, 1952 A ~real source of inte rest to aH is the notice board

with its gay pictures and interesting notices. It is especiaJly so on our return to school afte r the holidays. When we returned to begin the third term of last year all attention was turned to the list of "coming events" for that te rm, the outstanding date being " Lo1·e to Day" on which there was to be an a ll day picnic to Maretimo Beach, a distance of about three miles.

As the time drew near we were all praying for a fine day, for, if you lived in Portland, you would realize that such days are few, even in December. When it did arrive, the day was very hot, and we were all delighted to appear in summer attire. There was great hustling and bustling as preparations were made: cups and lunches to be packed; kindling wood for the fire to be gathered; a large billy or tin to be found in which to boil the saveloys, and, last of all, faces to be " kwik-tanned"; but, even this, for some less fortunat e ones (who are bound to sun­burn ), had no effect.

At last all was ready and it was tim e for the hikers to set out, which we did with great glee. The Juniors were to travel in cars, an hour later, with the luggage. Three miles on a very hot day, we found, was not such a treat as was anticipated, and as the Juniors sped by, happy and care-free, in their limousines, there were many envious glances ca st in their direc tion .

Eventually we reached our d es tination, our first thought being to paddle, to soothe our aching and burning feet. Feeling refreshed we built our fire to boil the saveloys in sea water, which adds to their flavour. Then it was lunch time. After the saveloys were served, with rolls and tomato sauce, we had soft-drinks, sandwiches, cakes and fruit. The snap* shows us sea ted on the sand-dunes whilst a tray of apple turnovers is being passed round.

After lunch we were given an hour to rest before

our Sports. The Sports' Captains had arranged a programm e of various races. J nstea d of r es ting, most of us had a long walk along the lovely stretch of beach, returning just in time for the races. Of all the prize winners, I think the proudest were Anne Bostock, winner of the Children of Mary Race, for which sh e received a statue of Our Lady, and little Jan Oborn, who became the proud owner of a Christmas stocking, winner of the under 6 years race.

Once again the valiant Seniors built up the fire to boil the billy for afternoon tea- not salt-water this time. Pumps for fresh water are conveniently laid at intervals along this beach for Campers. Alas! when the billy was boiling, no tea could be found; we had left it in the case which we had sent home after lunch. With the tem perature as it was, nobody felt inclined to drink hot water, so we fini sh ed the soft-drinks. Our happy da y was almost at an end, and although we were very weary, hot, and many suffering from sun-burn , and blistered fee t, we all sa id that it was the most en joyable day of th e yea r . Cameras were clicking as some of the girl s who were leaving, took "snaps" to remind them of th eir la st " Loreto Da.Y" at Portland.

The cars were to call for the .Juniors at 4 o'clock, and when they did arrive, how we all wished we could come under this heading of " Juniors"; some of the badly blistered and weary did manage to squeeze in. Footsore and wear y, but very happy, we turned our footsteps homeward where we arrived at about 5 p.m. with a couple of hours to spare b efore the sta ging of the play, " The Princess and the Woodcutter" by the Intermediate and Sub-Intermediate girls, who were deserving of high praise, acting th eir parts so well , after such a strenuous hut memorable day. I hope they appreciated our admiration.

* Pictures : page 20.

MARGARET HUDSON, Portland.

THOMAS A mysterious criminal was abroad in Portland.

P eople realised that one of the town 's many summer visitors was a very undesirable thief. But who was he? How could he be discovered?

For three weeks Portland fishermen had been noticing the disappearance of their crayfish pots. They were completely puzzled as to the whereabouta of the thief, and detectives could not grasp a clue. After four pots, valued , incidentally, at three pounds each, had disappeared , their owners became anxious; but the thief was obviously well skilled in his art and kept himself well concealed.

Then one da y matters r eached a climax. Two professional fishermen went out to Lawrence Rock to pull up their cray pots, and they caught the thief redhanded. At least they discovered him, but failed to catch him because they carried no arms.

When they arrived back at the pier their fellow fi shermen were amazed at the gruesome, almost

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incredible description which they gave of th e thi ef. His unretractable head , when open, showed it to possess razor sharp jaws, whilst inside were gristle like teeth. On his tough lea thery skin he had many small barnacles.

A few days later, the skipper of a shark boat, "Tristessee", came across him and lost no time in firing four shots at him from his . 303 riA e. Then he was towed home. When the boat reached the pier the sp ecta tors gasped as they saw, towed behind it, Thomas, an eight-foot turtle, who was afterwards found to weigh a ton.

But although h e was dead, Thomas' battle was not finished. It was arranged to send him b y truck to the Melbourne Museum, but when he arrived h e made his presence known throughout the building. Now the two m en who are making a cast of Thomas will be glad when h e is cremated.

NOLA WARD, Portland.

LORETO CONVENT, NORMANHURST, N.S.W. SENIOR SCHOOL AND PREFECTS

PREFECTS. A. Colless, M. Dunstan, A. Curran (Head) . M. Michael, G. Gaha.

INTERMEDIATE, FOURTH AND FIFTH YEARS BACK ROW (left to right) : J. Eccleston, A. Curran, M. Michael,. M. Maguire, K . Dunnicliff, A. Rouse. SECOND ROW: R. Quoyle, G. Mullan, G. Gaha, D. Darby, A. Colless , M. Dunstan, G. Duffy, M. Woodl ock, J. Cover . THIRD ROW: D . Bull, E . Clifford, H. Crawford, S. Koves, C. Nathan. FOURTH ROW: J . Dynon, M. Gaha, M . Weston, M. O'Brien, D. Morton, A. Cheeseman, P . Pidcock, A. Collins, A. Symons, E.

Dougherty, J. Studdert, A. Montague, P. R oc he, M. Hall. FIFTH ROW: P. Mason, A. Farah, .L . Hill, M. A. Evans, K . Shepherd, J. Hughes, G. Mayger, D. Mc Carron, A. Binney, F. O'Brien, M.

Cover, G. Azar, B . Scullard. FRONT ROW: V . Nathan, M. Nathan, M. Gooden, P . Moroney, L. Wolff, H . Ziehlke, M. Simmons, L . Scullard, B . Gardiner. ABSENT : J. Ri ckard .

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LORETO CONVENT, NORMANHURST, N.S.W. ABOVE: MIDDLE SCHOOL. BELOW: JUNIOR SCHOOL.

FIRST AND SECOND YEARS BACK ROW: M. O 'Keefe, P. O 'Connell, P . Maguire, R. Lord, B. Noonan, S. Hartigan, G. Morrissey, F . Links, D. Booth, M. Dennett. SECOND ROW : G. Garner, E. T oohey, M. Firth, P. Cheeseman, B. Roche, T. Croft, M. Mason, C. Cattle, J. Stevens, A. Morck, L. Boardman,

B. Butler, C. Michael, N . Gale. THIRD ROW : A. Burgin, C. Mason, M. Lewis, V. Curtis, J . Ireland, J . Heathershaw, C. Dempsey, J. Ma gney, A. Madden, J . Passmore, B .

Leake, S. Tilbrook, E. Kennedy Green, M. A. Borthwi ck. FRONT ROW : J. Jasprizza, A. Hartigan, S. Cunningham, D . Hall, J. Jordan, G. Hill, W. Hill, J. Partridge, M. McEvoy, D. Monro, M. R.

Lenehan, D . Prendergast, S. Azar, J. Cunningham. ABS E NT : J. Ziehlke, M. Keogh, L . Nicoll, D. Ekman, K. Morrissey.

FIFTH AND SIXTH CLASSES AND JUNIOR SCHOOL BACK ROW : J. Pearson, C. Turner, D . Berriman, K . Cheeseman, J . Hickey, K. Ireland, L. Stephens, S. Blakeley, F . Maddocks-Cohe n, J.

Gates, M. Kelly, C. Streber, A . Keating, K. Cobby. . SECOND ROW : S. Neylon, M. Cannon, D . Prince, K. Rickard, C. Steve ns, D. Steve ns, C. Miller, R. Wheeler, C. Gl ass, A. Crimmins, J .

Kennedy Green, M. Burch, M. C. Streber, H . Ewing, M. Donnelly, L. Curran. THIRD ROW,: A. Madden, Y. Darby, L . Burgin, J . Kearney, D. Owe ns, S. Lenehan , P. Crimmins, M. E. Priebe, P . Rob son, D.

Kielkowska, C. Miller, K. Hartigan, P . Merkelback, M. Meaney, 0 . Stewart, A. Stern. J . Cole, L . Schroder. FRONT ROW : J . Tomboly, M. P arso ns, J . Powell, R. Burch, C. Henderson, S. Al sakcr, K. Moroney, B. Roha n, E. Lenehan, F . Mad docks­

Cohen, K. Keating, L. Curti s, S. Turner, D . Morrissey. ABSENT : S. Patmore, K . Banks, D. O 'Brien.

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School Vignettes DATES WITH A DIFFERENCE

N ormanhurst FEBRUARY, 1953.

NEW CLASSROOMS 3rd.- We b egan the year in the new c1assrooms.

The more sentimental may miss the dear old classroom with the crack in the ceiling, and generations of finger-prints on the wal1s that gave it age and dignity. No one can say any longer: "See those stout little finger-marks? Those are my mother's, and the ones over there are my grand­mother's."* But we realists rejoiced when we moved over to the new classroom block. We have to b e more careful now than we were before not to drop ink on the polished floors. The blue ceilings and cream walls are very attractive. On the north side every classro_om has one long wall completely occupied by windows looking out over the garden. It must be admitted that the landscape at present is occupied by a concrete-mixer, piles of timber and bricks, and all the objects n eeded by the builders who are at work on the new chapel. Later, our fondscapes windows will show the ruined lawn, again, a sweep of green edged by its fine trees. • The writer of this extravagance will be handed over

to any indignant grandmother bent on reprisals.

MARCH. LECTURE BY MR. BRIAN DOYLE

2lst.-This was a most interesting lecture on the early history of the Church in Australia. It is not often that a hall full of girls will sit silent and absorbed for nearly three hours; yet that is what we did on this evening. Mr. Doy]e gave a clear comment­ary with an extraordinary wealth of picture slides; it was a good preparation for the Eucharistic Congress. We were encouraged to see how the Faith was to grow magnificently within a century and a h alf. From the time the first slide was flashed on the screen we found ourselves caught up in that wonder. We saw the grand old Spanish and Portuguese sa iling-ships ploughing the Pacific. There was a splendid picture of the landing of de Quiros; another, full of pageantry, as those Spaniards attended what might have been the first Mass on the shores of Terra Australis del E spiritu Santo. Later, we saw the arrival of Captain Cook and our origin as a British Colony. The sufferings of the early Catholics were shown, and we realized what heroic struggles they waged to preserve the Mass. Not until 1803 was the saying of Mass permitted by law.

All through the lecture were prints of Sydney in those days. It was hard to believe that an old bullock-track was once the main street of Sydney; hard a]so to picture that the place now occupied by the G.P.O. was once the Tank Stream supplying the city with water.

But the main theme centred on the growth of the

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Church: Archbishop Polding and his long rides and the bush "pubs" where h e had to put up for the night. Then we saw Bishop U])athorne and the great Father Therry, gallantly determined to build St. Mary's Cathedral. That was a theme all on its

·own: the two fires, the Fair to raise funds, the little group of buildings (church, school, presbytery ) that have grown into the splendour of the Basilica and the Archbishop's Pa1ace . . . At the end of the lecture we saw the magnificent St. Mary's as it is to-day with Cardinal Gilroy at its steps-the dream of Father Therry come true; and we can join with the people who suffered for the Faith in singing the Congress hymn: "For God we live; for God we die."

APRIL.

NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS* 12th-19th.- This was a week we shall never forget.

Our chief part in the celebrations was our presence in the fine pageant in the Showground on Citizens' Night. Files upon files of schoolgirls in white and coloured robes and c1oaks wended their way to that arena in the early afternoon of that memorable day, for we had to be arranged in our places when the crowds came in the evening. By eight o'clock it must have been a wonderful sight. We rejoiced in the part allotted to us in the tableau* : we were at the head of the Cross and could see all the ceremonies.

During Benediction all the lights on the arena were extinguished and the sp ectators looked out over a sea of inky black. All of a sudden the darkness was illuminated by thousands of coloured lights, that twinkled as the girls shook them (each had two tiny torches to wave) . This sudden illumination of the darkness was a symbol of the nothingness of the world without the light of God. This scene also brought to people's minds the importance of the lives of those nine thousand girls on the arena, unconsciously pledging their girlhood and future womanhood to the glory and service of the Heavenly Father.

. . . Although our part in this memorable Congress was necessarily a small one, we felt honoured in being allowed to help Australia to become more devoted to the Blessed Eucharist. • See picture on page 8 and article on page 7.

REDEEMING A LOST TRIBE

22nd.-Father Docherty, M.S.C., gave us a wonderful lecture on the work of the Sacred Heart Mission at Port K eats which was establish ed in 1935. The dramatic story has been told in newspapers since then, of how an aboriginal tribe in North-west Australia was saved from extinction by the efforts of two Priests and three Brothers. Anthropologists at the Sydney University have viewed this great missionary effort, and have pronounced it a work of national importance. They tell u s that twenty years ago the tribe, that the Sacred Heart Mission has

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saved at Port Keats, was dying out; but it has now great vitality. The spiritual work of the Mission has been such that a strong Catholic life has given the Natives something to make their lives worthwhile. One hundred of the hundred and seventy Catholics at Port K eats are weekly communicants.

Father Baily, who works with Father Docherty, is preparing a grammar of the tribal language; he has already trnnslated a simple catechism into the language of the tribe. Another great achievement is the Catholic hospital, run by four Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and staffed by native girls trained by the Sisters. Father has also begun the Legion of Mary among the natives who are zealous and faithful members.

After the lecture we h eard how cleverly affairs were being managed in our school routine: During the lecture two Inspectors called to visit the class­rooms and classes ; and here we were sitting listening to a priest talking about an aboriginal tribe! This seem ed so important to the nuns that they gave the Insp ectors a tray with mornin g tea and dainties in the reception room, to allow Father to finish his lec ture and his interested audience to establish themselves quietly in their classrooms where they awaited the Insp ectors. It was a good day in every way. And how we did like that talk from the Missioner! MAY.

NEWS OF EVEREST 29th.-The news that Everest had been conquered

by mountain climbers cam e as a shock to the world. Even at thi s di stance, we felt exci ted . What a joyful coronation present that must have been for lovely Queen Elizabeth! Many had sent telegrams of good wish es for a long and happy reign. But how many h ad actually done something for her, som ething so stupendous as conquering Mount Everest? It must have gladdened her to think that h er reign was beginning with such a victory to adorn it. The old world, the new world and the East had united in accomplishing the h eroic feat- perhaps a sign that in Queen Elizabeth's r eign , p eace will be achieved.

Everest is conquered, and now man will turn and look for something else to defeat. The world is full of difficulties to b e overcome, and dangerous peaks to be scaled , though they may not be in mountains. P eople h ave not yet reached the pinnacle of h appiness and joy nor has the world risen to the h eights where there is p eace. But the main thing is that we are striving . . . The conquest of Mount Everes t is a challenge and a symbol.

FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY CARDINAL GILROY*

3lst.- A black car swung slowly through the gates of Lore to, Normanhurst. As it came up the r ed­gravelled, tree-lined drive, the girls, standing on e ither side, sa id: " W elcome, Your Eminence!" to the smiling Cardinal within. Once again, Loreto had a Prince of the Church in a Congress year to lay a * See pictures on pages 26 and 27.

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foundation stone. This time it was for our new chapel, already showing its Gothic doors and windows.

The day was perfect-still and warm-and the grounds looked beautiful. The grand oak trees, nearly sixty years old, still carried the last leaves of Au tumn. Beyond the oaks the lawns stretched down to the tennis courts. This is the hill which Moth er Gonzaga Barry ch ose for a convent in 1897. Driving towards it after a storm, she was confirmed in h er choice when she saw a broad rainbow spanning the hill. And so our convent was built on this site. Ove L· the years additions have been made to the dignified brick building, with its castellated parapet and oriel windows in Tudor style. Year s passed and now we had with us our own Australian Cardinal. After His Eminence had laid the foundation stone of the chapel he blessed the n ew classrooms (already some months in use); he then returned to the dais arranged in the front of the convent. It was a pleasure and a privilege to listen to the friendl y speech of His Eminence, who remarked that h e had visited our convents in Madrid and Calcutta, and that h e found there the same pleasing atmosphere as p eople find at Normanhurst and Kinibilli. This was a ~reat day for u s, and we felt very much h onoured to have our Cardinal with us.

AS YOU LIKE IT lOth.- The talking ceased in the theatre as the

lights slowly dimmed and the cu r ta in rose. We leant forward in our seats to watch Rosalind and Celia at the Royal Court, and, later, fleeing to the forest of Arden . 'Ve li stened with delight to J aques:

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.

As you see, we have been among the fortunate ones who have seen the players brought to Sydney from Stratford-on-Avon by Anthony Quayle.

The staging and the acting were both perfect, and they carried u s away comple tely from our own world. But we had at last to leave the theatre as Rosalind and Orlando ran off the stage, like a pair of happy children, round the trees and hy the pond. . . . The theatre was still ; we were coming from the woods of Arden hack to the everyday world. The orchestra b egan to pla y softly, "God Save Our Gracious Queen" . I thought of Anthony Quayle's words: " I find it fittin g that our theatre's contribu­tion to H er Majes ty's Coronation should be this visit to h er farthest dominions."

Outside the theatre it was quiet, for the working crowds had gone home, and evening was fast coming over the city. Opposite, was a small park, and, beyond that, a dark mass of buildings, with a spire rising up in their midst, was silhouetted against the r ed sky of evening. Smoke from the city's factories was on the horizon. But it did not look like smoke. It seem ed as though a mist was slowly rolling over the tired city. . . We could h ave hecn coming out from the Globe, m London, m the days of Shakesp eare.

THE FOURTH YEAR CLASS.

LORETO CONVENT,

HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL GILROY AT LORETO, NORMANHURST BELOW: The Cardinal escorted from his car by Father Farrell (right) and Father Nolan. ABOVE ; The Cardinal and procession of clcri:y moving towards the foundation-stone of new chapel.

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NORMAN HURST

THE CARDINAL ADDRESSES THE GIRLS AND VISITORS

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L 0 R E T 0 ---------------

A QUEEN IS CROWNED We had barely settled ourselves in om: hall when

the screen displayed its first fla shes of our eagerly· awaited film of the Coronation. Then we heard Laurence Olivier's resonant voice:

"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise" ...

We knew we were going to enjoy every minute of this film.

The scene accompanying Shakespeare's lines was of the white cliffs of Dover washed by foam-capped waves. We were taken then to rural England and the hills of Scotland. Then, to London on the morning of the eventful day. The streets were lined with a gay, excited crowd; men of all colours and creeds rubbed shoulders, forgetting prejudices and grievances in their common wish to show love and loyalty for Elizabeth. The heraldry of centuries is retained in the striking ceremony of the solemn proclamation, as the sentry's voice rings out in challenge to the bearer of the proclamation in the words: "Who goes there?" The trumpets add a joyful note of majesty to the occasion.

We then went to Buckingham Palace where the crowd waited to see the coach es which were to carry the royal family. First came that bearing the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. The coach passed through streets lined with Grenadier Guards, in their scarlet uniforms.

Then, the gilded State Coach appeared, drawn by sleek and sedate grey horses. Inside sat the royal couple, Elizabeth and Philip, smiling and gracious, acknowledging the cheers of their subjects, "lifting and carrying them on their way." Behind the coach rode officers of the royal household, on well-groomed horses with proud and dignified gait. As the coach approached Westminster Abbey the bells of London rang out the joyful tidings. From every corner of the city came the music of bells, until the city seemed vibrant with their joyous music.

When the coach h alted at the Abbey, the Queen, with her maids of honour bearing the long, scarle t train, formed a procession. Our first sight in the Abbey was the stained-glass window, commemorating the splendid h eroes and heroines of the Second World War, a contrast to the emblazoned banners hanging beneath the beautiful fan-vaulting. These banners take us back to the days of Chivalry, when knights in silver armour carried high these banners into countless conflicts for God and their king.

The people in the Abbey were silent as they watched Elizabeth move slowly up the long aisle. Truly, it was majesty which led the long procession; for the Queen, with head erect, had every mark of graciousness mingled with humility.

We heard her clear, calm voice make the solemn promise to govern her people with justice and mercy.

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Then she approached the altar and kissed the Bible, and in a soft, devout voice she said: "So help me God." During these touching moments the choir sang Byrd's "I Will Not Leave Thee Comfortless."

Elizabeth sat, small and wistful in St. Edward's chair while she was anointed, blessed and consecrated. Then she put on the robe of gold cloth and received the sword, the orb, the ring, symbolising the kingly power and justice of God. The sceptre, symbolising justice, and the rod of mercy were placed in her hands.

The solemn climax arrived: the crown of St. Edward was held high above her and placed on the bowed head. Every action spoke of the glorious Catholic traditions, taking us back to the days of Catholic England. The choir sang a triumphant hymn and, from without, the acclaim of the people resounded: "Long live Queen Elizabeth!"

The Queen had taken possession of her kingdom, ai:id her subjec ts approached to pay her homage. Fust came her husband to make his solemn promise to be her " liege man of life and limb." How much those very words remind us of the Middle Ages, when the same words were spoken by the vassals to their liege lords. Other peers followed the Duke, among them the Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, a loyal and faithful Catholic. Then Elizabeth and Philip approached the altar and, kneeling together, placed their trust in the King of kings, confident in the prayers of their subjects for which Elizabeth had begged so earnestly.

The trumpets proclaimed the end of the service; the choir sang "God Save the Queen", and a procession was formed as the Queen made her way from the Abbey. Outside, soldiers, sailors and airmen ~ere ready to march in the display of loyalty. They mcluded many Australians. (How the audience of nuns and girls joyfully greeted their countrymen.)

From .the Abbey the Queen returned through streets still wet from the showers which had fallen. Suddenly the sun came out, turning puddles into sparkling silver mirrors. As the royal coach reached the Palace the people broke the barriers and ran to Victoria Square, to await the sight of the Queen on the balcony. And what a welcome sh e received!

As the people stood there a drone was heard and in the sky, now changed to azure, there appeared a formation of planes. All heads were turned, all eyes uplifted, as the formation became E.R., symbol of sovereignity. It was fitting that Sir Edward Elgar's song, "Land of Hope and Glory", should be sung at that moment. We pray that Queen Elizabeth II may rule faithfully, following the footsteps of her' father (undoing the evils of the reign of Elizabeth I).

"May God give our Queen wisdom and strength to ca~ry out the pr~mises she has made, and may she faithfully serve Him all the days of her life."

KAY SHEPHERD, Normanhurst.

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JOTTINGS FROM A JOURNAL FEBRUARY:

lOth.- Once more stirrings within the Abbey Walls. The boarders had r e turned. Excitement was in the air, and the words " Have you seen her? " floated through the school. " Her" was Zita O'Donohue (Sister Marie tta ) whose familiar face is glimpsed now and then on " the othe r side". Congratulations, Zita, we wish you all happiness. The same wish to our other old girls who have broken the " drought" of Mary's Mount postulants.

MARCH :

2nd.- A R equi em Mass was attended by seniors at St. Patrick's Cathedral for the repose of the soul of a Loreto past pupil, Miss Cassy O'Grady. R.I.P.

.Sth.- The altar looked hcautiful for the Quarant' Ore. After liftin g our voices to sing Mass, we went in process ion round the Cloister and on the last mornin g in glorious sunshine, round the grounds.

6th.- W c were thrill ed to see om old friend, "Pride and Prejudice" once more. It was shown to us in honour of the Mistress of Schools' feast day. The celebrations were a day early for the <lay-girls. It was interesting to see Sir Laurence Olivier in his young days, and to watch the reactions of his many fans ; Greer Garson we found as fresh as ever.

8th.- Th e seniors were excited with their outing to the " Music for the P eople", in the Botanical Gardens.

101,h.- BalJarat exccllc rl itself with a new und er­taking, in the form of the " Begonia Festival. ''"*

llth- l4th.- Go lrl en silence reigned , while all in the Seniors and M.idd le School li stened to, and meditated 011 , the ve ry interesting lec tures, given to us in our annual R etreat by Father W. Dunphy, C.SS.R. We all loved that H.e treat.

17th.- Aftcr Mass th e orchestra delighted us with a spirited rendering of Irish airs. At the Cathedral, High Mass was attend ed by the seniors, and in the afternoon , armed with racke ts and vigoro bats, we descended on Loreto Dawson Street. The victories were divided between u s. That night many budding scientists reti1·ed to bed , their tiny sparks fanned to flame by the film "Madame Curie".

18th.- Three ch eers for Marcia Forest who won the Ballarat Senior Schoolgirls' T ennis Champion­ship, enabling Mary's Mount to r e tain the Marks Cup.

20th.- Thi s yea r we were among the interested, though somewhat chilly sp ec tators, who enjoyed the annual St. Patrick 's Concert.

2.Sth.-Again Mar y's Mount has h elped to swell the ranks of the novitiate with two postulants-one prominent as h ead of the school last year, and the other in the musical world a t home and abroad. • Described on page 19.

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APRIJ, ;

2nd.- At last the longed for day arrived, and we went home happily for the Easter break.

7th.- School began once more, and all started to work hard again. With great regret we sa id " Good­bye" to R ev. M. Jongeblood , our Chaplain. We thank him for the interest he took in our school activities and for his work as Spiritual Direc tor of our Y.C.S.

W e rejoice that the Y.C.S. work in th e sch ool has been more vital than ever. At the opening of the school term we all decided to give up an hour's recreation on every alternate Tuesday for our Activity Group Meetings. There is n ot a dull moment. In particular we should like Lo thank the group leader s and the artists who have so gene rously supplied us with unique and attractive post ers. How frequently we found R eligions and hil a rions subjects handled skilfully together.

\Ve welcomed FathP.r P . J. Down~~ to Mary';, Mount. Already we have much reason to he grateful for his help and guidance.

lOth.-Another pleasant surprise ! We were thrilled with a production of " Madame Butterfly" . W e went to see this 0 per a, which was part of a programme presented by the National Thea tre Movement, as a special Coronation Year gesture.

llth.- Michael Wilding entertained u s, in that delightful film , "Spring in Park Lane" . The clever wit and lightness of it caused much mfrth for several days to come. \Ve would like to say " a hig thank you" lo the nuns, for these film s.

22nd.- W c went out once more. This time it was to St. Patrick 's College, where school children and adults gathered to welcome Cardinal Agag ianian. His Eminence was r e turnin g from attending the Congress in Sydney. H e r eceived an enthusiastic welcome and spoke in appreciative terms of Catholic Educa tion in Australia. We may thank our beloved Bishop, the most H.everend J . P. O'Collins, D.D. , who, for many years, has been a great fri end of His Eminence, for the honour of this visit.

24th.-Mother Superior announced the school Councillors. Congratulations to Nanette Crameri head of the School, and Councillors, H elen McGoldrich, Elizabeth Obrincsak , Ma rie O'Donohue, H elen O'Bryan and Collette Christie.

MAY: 8t;h.- Four m embers were to-day received into the

Congregation of the Children of Mary. They were Marie O'Donohue, H elen McGoldrich, Helen O'Bryan and Kathleen Barfield. From now on woe betide " the one who sp eak s on the corridors !"

13th.- On this day :Mary's Mount was pervaded with a r estful p eace for we all went h ome for our three week s term vacation. In honour of the

Coronation we were granted an ex tra day.

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JUNE:

3rd.-There was quite a little "drama" at Spencer Street Station- there was an atmosphere of subdued panic. Two nuns arrived at the station to find no " little girls in blue" waiting to travel back to school. Porters emphatically agreed that " the Mary's Mount girls travelled to Ballarnt yes terday." The nuns waited; departure time ticked by; still no girls! Within the next twenty-five minutes one girl after another nonchalantly stro11 ed up, to be greeted with , " Did you know that the others went back yesterday?" "Ye~terday ! How could they?" and a disgusted " You'd think Coronation Day would remind them."

By ten minutes to two all had arrived. You see­the 1.20 train was sch eduled to leave at 1.55; a little Coronation gesture- and som e had used telephones. (Also it was St. Patrick's College that went back yesterday. Where are those porters? ... ) .

Sth.-An interesting exhibition of Australian landscape paintings was on show at the Art Gallery. The senior art classes attended it.

9th.- W e attended an Orchestral Concert for school children given by the Victorian Symphony Orchestra. An item which we all thoroughly enjoyed was "Meet the orchestra instruments." We now feel a thriB when we pick out the piccolo or baseoon in the midst of an orchestral piece.

13th.- Our annual effor t to help the Missions took the form of a Fete, which was enjoyable, as well as profitable. Children and parents bought- perhaps in the parents' case brought and bought- all manner of thinus ranging from toffee-apples to lovely scarves. "Why don' t we do it more often?" was an opinion expressed by all except the organisers. Next year, while the n ew building is soaring, enthusiasm will be at its zenith.

15th.- W c all went to see the Coronations films, " Elizabeth is Queen" and " Royal Road", and we were very much impressed by both. In fact they brought the Coronation right into Ballarat for us.

2lst.- St. Aloysius' Day- we had a party and a long film; once more our thanks to the nuns.

You may wonder why so many girls at Mary's Mount look forward to Fridays. I s it because it is the end of the school week or because of the interestin.,. films shown at night? This year we have enjoyed a particularly good selection. Favourites were "Wind from the West", the colourful " Jacaranda Festival", "Music and Poetry", "Canals of England", " Border Weave", "Song of Ceylon" with its extraordinary music and one that our Projectionist just "Must run through again'', "The Story of the Bee". No wonder!

24th.- From now on the vital question will be: how many days to the long week-end?

Helen O'Bryan, Nanette Crameri, Elizabeth Obrincsak, Colette Christie, Patricia Rinaldi.

Mary's Mount.

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DIARY (July, 1952-June, 1953): LORETO, MARRYATVILLE

JULY:

20th.- The Juniors show their acting ability in preeenting "King of the Golden City." Congratula­tions to all, especially to Ann McCusker, Saula Milaknis, Patricia McLaughlin. AUGUST:

17th.- That unusual thing seen crawling along the hall is Lissa under a clothes basket- alias a "Tortoise", the winning model of the Fancy Dress Ball. Though entering as Bacchus, Rosemary Evans won a prize as Nero!

25th.-Our disappointment in missing the Davis Cup in Sydney was partly assuaged when we saw the film at school.

28th.-As exams draw closer we wonder- is our holiday justified! SEPTEMBER:

20th.-The Mothers' Club prove their worth again in helping the nuns to make a success of the Fete. OCTOBER:

12th.- The Monastery was fill ed with school children and parishioners on the Annual Monastery Sunday. NOVEMBER:

13th.-Congratulations to the newly consecrated Children of Mary: Anne Shanahan, Margaret Crawford, Kath Pick, Jan Martin, Yvonne Au, Winifred Laing, Pat Pyne, Claire Gray, Judy Kennedy, Maureen Allchurch, Sandra Lahiff, Maureen Carroll, Marie Bertelsmeier.

26th.-Exams here once again: "I have wasteMd time, and now doth time waste m e" ! DECEMBER:

6th.-Mother Superior's Party. W e are grateful to the nuns for all their trouble. Congratulations to Jubilarians-Claire Gray, Beth Cummins, Lissa McLaughlin, Anne Scantlebury, Maureen Carroll, Winifred Laing.

1953 FEBRUARY:

lOth.- The holiday peace of Loreto, Marryatville, once again shattered. School begins.

25th.- Y.C.S. Meeting. Congratulations to Anne Scantlebury, President. MARCH:

2nd.-The Red Mass marking the opening of the Legal Year was attended by the Leavings.

3rd.- A late arrival from Malaya- Yvonne Au. 4th.-There is a parliamentary air in the election

of sports captains, as Mother M. Canisius has to resort to ''preferential" voting to decide. Honours go tu Marie Spain, Helen Devitt, Paquita Greenslade and Judy Bennett.

6th.- The news of Stalin's death has a sobering effect on our minds. "How are the mighty fallen!"

17th.-St. Patrick's Day. Boarders appreciated the day on the beach when it was so hot.

LORETO

201'1.-'·The Unash a 111 e fl Accompanist", Geralrl Moor<', <·a~ily fills th <' Town Hall with lau ght e r.

251 h .- Con gra tulati ons to the 1953 Prefects : H ele n Devi t t (Hcafl of th e School ) anfl Sandra La hi ff, Yvonne Au, Pat A rend , Anne H effernan (Boarder Prefects), and A nne Scantlebury, Judy B ennett, Jud y K enned y, Catherine O'Donnell , Judy Dobson (Day Scholar Prefects).

APHIL:

l st.- Departurc for Eas ter Activities.

18th.- Sporls D ay. McGrath was r cwarfl ed h y an excit ing v ic to ry over Mulhall. Well flone, Marie Spain!

25th.- IL is sa id that a girl looks he r loveli es t rn whit!'. Jufl gin g hy our De hutantes, thi s is so .

MAY : l sl.- Thc Leavings don hall e rinas for the C.B.C. *

Prefects' Dance.

3rd.- First Communion Da v. Thirty-seven little boys and g irl s all in white. .

26th.- A1though not elate fl at r e turnin g to school, we were consoled by the n ews of play practi ce!

J UNE :

l st.-"Lon g Live the Qu een" bea t in our h earts as we took p art in the coronation cer emon y for schools.

2nd.- We were r epresented at the High Mass at the Cathedral on Coronation Day, and later in the week at the Coronation Concert at Cenh'nni a l Hall.

7th.- Thc School was thrilled with the reaJly "dose-up" view of the film , "A Queen is Crowned''.

20th.-Another te nnis title for Paquita !

22nd a.11d 23rd.-Th e com;cr t was a grea t su ccess, due to the untiring pati ence of the 1rnns as well as to th e undoubted talent s of the girls. The reproduction~ of the OJ cl Masters wnc much apvreciated and we have learnt from Sir Thomas More that we can be happy and hol y. * Christian Brothers' College.

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LEAVING CLASS, MARRYATVILLE, S.A.

FRONT RO W : P. Grce nslade, L. Hart, H. Devitt, P. Arend, E. M c-Laughlin, ] . Bennett.

S E COND ROW : A. Scantleb ury, G. Coulter, S. La hi ff, ] . Kennedy, A . Shanaha n, J. Elliot, M. Heuzen· roeder.

BACK ROW: C. Krau se, M. Mullins, B. Thyer, Y. Au, D. Condo n, C. O 'Donnell.

ABSENT : E. Dixon.

SPOOTS DAY, 1953

The Sport s Day on April 18th was the most thrilling for years. The wisdom of changing it to a day in the first te rm was seen , for the weather was wonderfully fine. The pre-sports excitement had been growing since the day the captains were elected and practice started. H elen Devitt was cho5en to lead Mulha1l , Paquita Greenslade, Barry, and Jud y B ennett, Ward, while Marie Spain was named captain of McGrath and sports captain .

The lasi: f ew day~ of franti c preparation included the running of the cup heats, so that only a selec ted few r emained to run on the day. However , everyone was to take part in the HousP events and practi ce was enthusias ti c.

The grea t flay dawn e<l a little threa teningly but the optimistic weal h er-man f orecas l a fine afternoon, anfl h e was correc t. Friends and parents arrived in grea t numbers, and the J esuit Fathers from Norwoo<l were the gu ests of honour.

Th e flat races were as close as u su al , the novelty races just as amusing, and the prefec ts' race cau sed much mir th. The old scholars in th e crowd were compelled hy fri end s and younger sisters to enter their event. The fathe rs had an amusing goal­throwing competition and the small boys' football contest was a highlight of the afternoon. The juniors gave a particularly good di splay of marching which augurs well for future house teams. Brother Steph en son judged the House March , and Ward were aga in the champions.

During the break for aft ernoon-tea, the house m embe rs, b e tween mouthfuls, di scussed the positions of their team s, and the probable winners of events not ye t decided.

A~; the da y advanced it appeared that the house ~hicld would he won h y e ither .McGrath or Barry. The last race was the Senior Relay. At fir ti t the four teams were level. Then Mulhall s upport er~ gave a groan of horror as the ir. runner clroppefl the baton. When it wa1" retrieved, Mulhall was hopelessl y last. McGrath hacl won for the first time in nine years!

LORETO

A Group on Sports Day, 1953.

When the ch eering had died down, the Houses marched on to the tennis courts where the shield , cups and prizes were presented by Father O'Neill, SJ. He congratulated the cup winners who were Bridget Clarkson, Senior; Marie Lonergan , Junior ; Vira Tursky, Juvenile; Deidre Rofe, Midget.

ANNE SCANTLEBURY (Leaving), Marryatville.

TENNIS: This year the tennis season opened with the news that our star tennis player, Paquita Greenslade, had won the South Australian school girls' Championship. The 1953 teams have

d 11 h "A" "B" d " C" t progresse very we , t e , an earns leading in the tussles for the shields.

Loreto did very well in the Hardcourt Champion­ships this May as there was a Loreto r epresentative in every final.

To end the t ennis season we learn that our star player is the South Australian under 19 women's sin gle champion.

BASKETBALL: The Basketball season opened with Kath Pick being elected captain of the "A'', Margaret Quinn of the "B", Cecily Lawrie of the "C", and Fleur Kildea of the " D" .

Loreto had a very good start this season by all association team s winning their respective games.

SOFTBALL: Softball has become very popular this last season with the girls who do not play t ennis, although t ennis players also join in when not required on the courts.

This year we played some matches against Cahra and to our great joy and astonishment managed to beat them at one match by fifteen runs.

Mr. Buchanan, our coach, finds us very willing to learn. To the nuns' great sorrow three windows have been broken, hut we have sincerely promised to be more careful in the future.

JUDY BENNETT (Leaving), Marryatville.

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CATHOLIC ACTION AT MARRYATVILLE

The Y.C.S. Movement plays a very important part in our school life. This year we feel we have a great tradition to uphold. The zeal and activity of the 1952 leader s was made apparent when our President, Angela K ennedy, entered the Novitiate at Mary's Mount, whilst the other eight, Alexa McAuley, Margaret Quinn, Denise Brazel , Claire Gray, Rosemary Ward, Susan Lawrie, Janice Martin and Kath Pick, are now serving in the army of Catholic Action in wider spheres.

This year we began with the selection of eight new leaders. Three from Leaving- Helen Devitt, Sandra Lahiff and Judy K enned y; three from Intermediate-Biddy Clarkson, Anne Robertson and Marie Spain, and two from Second Year- Meredyth Sykes and Anne l senstein. Toge ther with Anne Scantlebury, our President, Judy Bennett and Judy Dobson , our three surviving lea der s from last year, we form the nucleus of the Y.C.S. in the school.

This year there have b een several alterations in our activity groups. The Debating Group of last year has been r eplaced by the Daniel Lord Pamphlet Discussion Group. Membership is r es tricted to Intermediates and Leavings and suitable p amphle ts are chosen for discussion. Such pamphlets as "We Abolished the Chaperone," " The Pure of Heart," " Marry Your Own" and " What is Decent Literature."

The m embers of the St. Vincent de Paul group, an innovation this year , aimed at giving help to the poor. Articles of clothing are collected and di stributed among the children less fortunate than themselves. As well as this, sweets are made.

The Mission Group, active as ever, sponsored the Mission F ete which raised over £45. Early in the year Father Sheridan, SJ., increased our interest by giving u s an interesting talk on stamps for the foreign missions. The stamps are sorted, and those of rare value are sold to enthusiastic stamp collectors.

As u sual, the Film Group is very popular, and this year its members are doing outstanding work in the propaganda fi eld. Their "Films in Town" is a sp ecial feature of the Y.C.S. notice board. Up to date, r eviews of films showing are posted r egularly.

The Dramatic Group holds a special interest for the " actresses" of the school. Short plays are produced and presented from time to time.

As yet the Puppet Group has not b een able to put on any of its p erformances, hut the members have been diligently making puppets.

Through the Y.C.S. we strive to imitate Christ and follow His perfect example. And so it goes on, quite unobtrusively in itself, but gradually and surely reaping a bountiful harvest.

HELEN DEVITT (Leaving Honours) , SANDRA LAHIFF (Leaving),

Marryatville.

LORETO

SCHOOL EVENTS - 1953 FEBRUARY:

lOth.- The hoarders returned after the long vaca tion . We were glad to welcome many new faces, hut we missed M. M. Rosa (our Sports Mistress), M. M. Michael , M. M. An toninus, M. M. Dolores.

llth.- Morc re-unions as the day-scholars arrived.

12th.- Voting for Sports Captain .

13th.- Congratula tions to Mary Crawford, Adri-enne McKenzie, captain and vice-captain of St. Gertrude's; Noel Kelly, Carole Bowen, of St. Michael's; and Robin Macfadan and Jill Lambert of St. T eresa's. Noel K ell y is also Tennis Captain. In the afternoon the film , "The Great Mr. Handel".

MARCH:

8th.-W e played the " Old Girls" in the annual tennis match. The moderns defeated the ancients.

llth.- The Matric. had a dramatized debate on the ques tion of Lady Macbeth's innocence. The vote was cast in favour of Lady Macbeth.

15th.- Mitcham Marian Festival, at which Loreto was well represen ted.

17th.-St. Patrick 's Day. In the morning the city-ites proved their skill in a softball match against their country cousins, even though the thermometer passed the 100°. Af ter lunch the Y.C.S. Photography Group made cakes (at least that is what they called them ) in the cooking room, and inflicted their efforts on the generosity of an unsuspecting multitude the following day. The finances of the Y.C.S. increased.

On this day also, six Y.C.S. Leaders were invited to St. K evin's College for Tennis.

The holiday came to a climax with square dancing in the Hall, tea on the lawn, and a film, " Th e Hills of Home", in the evening.

23rd.- Cooking lessons began again under the guidance of Mrs. Stone. APRIL :

lst.- Thc Senior Choir went, en masse, to the Cathedral Hall to practise for the choral festival.

Bth.- The design for a new tennis frock , complete with r ed crested pock e t, was finaJly approved.

llth.- The annual trip to Mary's Mount brought the u sual excitem ent and pleasure.

llth.-Mothcrs' Club Musicale. David Welch, of "South Pacific'' fame, was a great attraction, particularly for the Matric. French class - through the open window.

17th.- Our choral audition at the Cathedral Hall.

20th.- The longed-for n ews arrived- we were to he among the final six choirs chosen to sing before Dr. Mannix, Cardinal Gracias and many other Congress visitors at the Exhibition.

2lst.- Father McCulloch, of the Columban Mission, showed u s some of the best Mission pictures that we have ever seen.

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23rd.-Mr. David K earney gave u s a stirring and fascinating lecture on Our Lady of Fatima.

24th.-Election of Prefects. Congratulations to Carole Bowen , H ead of the School, Janet Wimpole, Gerardine Carroll, Therry Asbjornsen, Mary Anne Filgate and Josephine Gorman, who were elected as boarder prefects, and Lo Barbara Stewart, Robin Macfarlan, Judy Murray, Joanna McClelland and Margaret Mary Collins, our day-pupil prefects. Robin Macfarlan was also elected as Spor ts Captain.

25th.- The Senior hoarders' Choir sang the Mass, celebrated by Dr. McQuaid, Archbishop of Dublin.

27th.-Singing at the grand fin al 111 the Exhibition at night.

28th.-Father Smith, S.J., showed a film of his r ecent trip to India. This was of great interes t to all, and we were very glad to welcom e Father hack. MAY:

lst.- The traditional May Day procession. Carole crowned Our Lady at the Grotto. In the afternoon, nine seniors were consecrated to Our Lady. The day cam e to a graceful close with the arrival of the debutantes in the evening.

2nd.- Annual Mission May-time Fair at Xavier. 3rd.-Empire Youth March through the slree ts of

Melbourne. Loreto was proud to lead the Girls' Schools.

lOth.- Children of Mary Rally at Xavier. 12th.- Lecture on Pacific Islands Missions by

Monsignor Doyle, M.S.C. 13th.-The educational film, " Young Tom Edison." 14th.-Ascension Thursday. Break-up for the

hoarders. J UNE :

Sth.- Matrics. and Leavi11gs attend CoTonation Pagean t a t the Exhibition.

9th.-Merit Film, " The Stratton Story". lOth.- Doroth y Crawford and Roland Strong came

to record the Senior Choir. A lengthy process. In the evenin g the Matrics. went to see the French

Film, " Dr. Knock". 16th.- Five hmes were needed to transport us to

the Windsor theatre, where at the expense of the Prahran City Council we saw the Coronation Film.

19th.-Father Gleeson, S.J. , gave us an inspiring talk on the Mass. We had been prepared by Christian Doctrine Talks, posters and pamphlets.

2l st.- Y.C.S. Leaders' Training Day at Sacre Coeur. 25th.- The Y.C.S. play, " The Dry Wood". Leaders

from Sacre Coeur, Genazzano, Xavier and St. Kevin 's came. The Y.C.S. provided an excellent supper.

26th.- The day after . . . yet the Matrics. had enough en ergy to go to the English Lecture at the University in the evening.

28th.- R evival of " The Dry Wood" for the parents. 29th.-Senior School Retreat.

THERRY ASBJORNSEN, GERARDINE CARROLL, Matriculation Class, Toorak.

LORETO

THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE 1.

On 14th Au gust , 1952, the Leaving Ancient History Class entertained us with a "Symposium on the Glory That was Greece". The Matriculation. an~ Leaving Classes read an excerpt from Pencles Funeral Oration, taken from Thucydides. At the end, they recited B yron's " I sles of Greece".

Mary Ann Dwyer spoke on " Our Debt to Greece". She said that European civilization has its roots in the marvellou s achievements of Ancient Greece and cannot be fully under stood without reference to them. We owe to the Greeks our type of government, our liberty, our democracy. W e have been d eeply influenced by Greek Art, Literature, Philosophy, Science, Athletics and Education.

Rosemary Merlo said that our system of King, Council and Assembly was borrowed from Greece. Solon introduced the Jury System and laid the foundations of democracy, until then an " unknown, untried, unimagined thing" . Pericles further developed the democratic system. Magistrates wer e chosen by lot and every man had the right to speak in the Assembly. P ericles gave every man an equal chance before the law and then laid art and beauty before him. He was given "show money" to enable him to attend the drama festivals, and Athens was beautified with noble buildings and sculptures .

Barbara Stewart, in h er paper on Greek Literature, said that every "genre" in literature, .with . t?e doubtful exception of satire, is Greek m ongm. She referred to the " Iliad" and " Odyssey" of Homer as the fountain h ead s of the Epic. Elegiac poetry was sung by Pindar, Sappho and Alcaeus. Theocritus was the inspiration of our Pastoral Poetry.

Lilian Whiting dealt with Greek Drama. She said that fifth cen tury Greece produced a series of superb tragedies which have never been equalled except, perhaps, by a few of Shakespeare'~ · She then spoke about the three great tragedians - Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; and about Aristophanes, "th e great burlesque critic of Athenian Life." .

Carol Bowen spoke about Greek History. Herodotus was the prince of story-tellers and has been called the "father of history". His critical u se of sources, his inclusion of documents, his laborious research into the cau se and origin of important events make him the most modern of historians. Mar~ Ann Filgate told how Demosthenes, in spite

of great physical disadvantages, b ecame the master orator of Greece and of all time.

2. Greek Art was d escribed by Beverley Quinn

(Arch itecture), Denise Hayes (Sculpture) . and Judy Maher (Pa inting ) . These lectures were illustrate? wi th pictures on the Epidia~cope. Greek Archi­tecture was mainly confined to T emples. The same plan was u sed and the Doric or Ionic orders were employed. The path of advance wa~ sought ra~her in the careful working out of symmetrical proport10ns for the various parts of the structure and in striving

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for the utmost p e rfection in sculptural work. The Acropolis was d escribed with its marble steps, seventy feet high. Then came the crowning glory of the Parthenon, still visited even in its ruins.

Judy said that the work of the Greek painter s has disappeared. W e know of it only through the writings of ancient writers and in the work of the di scipl es of the ancient arti sts. There are, however, many Greek vases which h elp us to form an id ea of what Greek painting was like.

Denise said that, when we see how stiff and primitive are the Greek statues of the archaic p eriod, we cannot but marvel at the rapid d evelopment of Greek sculpture once it got fairl y under way. The greatest name in Greek sculpture i s that of Pheidias, who expressed the nobles t and lofties t ideals of Greek religion. Under his direc tion , the sculptures decorating the Parthenon were planned and executed. A very famous Greek Statue, now in the Louvre at Paris, is the " Venus of Milo". Of Praxiteles, we have an original work , " Hermes with the Child Dionysius".

3. Judy Murray wrote a paper on Greek Philosophy.

She spoke about Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics and Epicureans. Moira Kelly told about the Olympic Games, which were held every four years and which were the inspiration of our modern Olympic Games. Joanna McClelland told about the great Panathenaic Procession in honour of the Goddess Athena and of the Oracle of Delphi in honour of Apollo. Joanna said that Christianity was spread in a world p ermeated with Greek thought and speaking the Greek language. The Eastern Roman Empire for a Jong time influenced Europe. Finally, it was on the logic and philosophy of Aristotle that St. Thomas Aquinas based his grea t theological work , the "Summa Theologica".

Elizabeth Cahir began back in the sixth century, B.C., and traced the d evelopment of Greek Science. She told how Thales predic ted the date of an eclipse of the sun. Hecataeus wrote a geography of the world, with a map showing the Mediterranean Sea as centre. In the Helleni stic Age, Euclid compiled his sys tem of geometry, while Archim edes developed higher mathematics and di scovered specific gravity. The H elleni stic Age al so applied science lo the work and need s of every clay life.

1. SONIA HAYES, 2. BEVERLEY QUINN, 3. NANCY RYAN.

Leaving Class, Toorak.

Congratulations to Annetta Errnacora for her article on an imaginary visit by Macbeth and Byron to the Bennets (of "Pr ide and Prejudice"). Its length (nearly 2,000 words) was against its inclusion here; but it is good to see that the literary characters you have met, Annetta, are real people to you.-Ed.

LORETO

CHAUCER IMMORTALIZES THE TOORAK MATRIC. Bi/el that in a classe as I lay To st,udiP on bokes day by dciy I 1c atcht our com pan ye full sevent,een, That slPpen al day long with open een.

Was with us at the first a worthy mayde, Head Pri>f Pct was she, soothly as they sayde, And shP was always bisy. As I think, 'Twas better thus them at her bokes to swink. Of prefect,s seven else were t,her withal; Each of her bar a broche Lyke a medal. In 1·urtesye was set ful much hir liste, W el gaf e they ens ample atte beste.

Of hir one had ci fidel. Al day long Playing she was; wPl colde we ken her song. She wa.s a barber soothly as I guess.

Another was ther that for wantonesse Colde eek the cello and piano play, And throw goles strait- or so they sciy.

0 f hem another rcuig a classe-bell 1' hat louder was than ciny of chcipel. And she y-cleped was fair Gemrdine

And of pref eels three more ther cam between. These weren day-pupils that in the morn Ha.cl never had to ryse bi/or the dawn.

One was y-clept Judy. She was, I wist, A verray parfit Existentialist.

And there was one the lik we may not see agane: Robin, the Sportes worthy capitaine. And yet she semed poore, for her delyt Was to take t,ithes from al, much and lyte.

Ther was <in actrice by us for the nones Who colde declam e in ful dramatick tones. For she colde cict a vilein or a sciint, Bi/or the world she was of great restraint.

By hir a student with hir Jokes al fair Was one tlwt had ful many a dictionaire Y-lenwcl wel; for she colde wield a pen Ful wysPr than a heep of lerned men.

And ther sat eek a worthy pricasour.

She was, as we kenned wel, ct troubcidour. Ful loud she sang, "Do not forsake the clear", Upon her Arab steed the livelong yeer.

Barbara ther was, a mighty first-prefect­A day-cholaire, and ti,dily y-deckt.

She had a friend who painted day a,11d night­To pciinten posters e'er was her delyt.

Bisyde hir ther was a greet artiste That could dmw Mcicbeth, or what you wiste. And she colde cict Macbeth if we had need, Her visage was ful fnir , her hnnr f ul reed.

Bisyde her at table ther sat <£ nwyde That colde much of knitting mble-braid. And she spent nl dny wniting for the mail.

Another was ther, a nwyde fnir and snwl, Who was musicienne and painter booth, And to forsake her swinke was she looth. For it is good to see a conscience In maidens who are fond of dallimice.

And Robin 'Was a nwiden much in dout, For she wolde always questions ask. About With hir she bar histories legioun.

And hir fri end cam from the self-same toun. A capitaine was she with muscles strong, And she was playing matches al day long.

Upon the corner sat ther last a mayde That was a-slimming-at least so she sayde­W ho solde bokes of religioun. She was a ful solem yong persoun.

These are the maydes that I acquainted was Withal; and now I wiste not If they wil ever speke to m e cignne. For if I have them written down in vain, Strait they will me cur sen for libel, For they cire maydes feroces as I know well.

JOCELYN DUNPHY (Matriculation) Toorak.

[We regret that Noel Kelly 's pen-and-ink sketches, to illustrate the above, were too late for inclusion,-Ed,]

SPORTS NOTES FOR 1953 The fir st big event in the 1953 Sports year was the

voting fo1· T ennis Captain, House Captains and Sports Captain. T ennis Captain: oel Kelly ; Sports Cap ta in: Robin Ma cf arlan; St. Gertrude's Captain: Mary Crawford; Vice-Captain: Adrienne McKenzie; St. MichaeJ's Captain: Noel Kelly; Vice-Captain: Carole Bowen; St. T eresa's Captain: Robin Macfarlan; Vice-Captain: Jill Lambert.

Immediately we arranged the various teams. So high was the standard that both the Tennis and Soft­ball teams caused us many a h eadache. The "A" Tennis Team: Noel K ell y, Pa tsy McCormack, Janet Wimpole, Caro]e Bowen , J ennifer Coates, Adrienne McKenzi e, Freddie Worch and Ursula Carter. The first "A" match was with the Past Pupils, and we had a most enjoyable afte rnoon, winning by one game.

On 2nd May we had an exciting match with Sacre Coeur, but we lost.

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On 19th March we started our most successful softball season, winning every match. Congratu­lations to the "A" and " B " Teams who played well throughout, especially to Ann Northam, Ann Houston, Margaret B ergin and Marguerite Gough.

Much to our disappointment, our first softball match against the " o]d girls" had to be postponed owing to rain, but we arc Jooking forward to the annual basketball match. The match of the season was the one against Kilbreda, when he had an exciting day and came home viPtorious. The "A" Team 10-9, the " B" 6-6.

The firs t term over, we have now ~ettled dow11 to rigorous training for the basketball season .

In conclusion, we thank Miss Porter, our Sports Mistress, for her valuable assistance.

ROBIN MACFARLAN (Sports Captain), Toorak.

LORETO

MARCH OF TIME-CLAREMONT

1952: .Tuly. AH enjoyed the Y.C.S. W eek, bot felt rather

guilty when Father Smith, S.J., had the lesson of his ~ermon emphasised by the " sound effects" of an alarm clock. The long week-Pnd of July harl adrled excitement for the senior girls with the long anticipalerl St. Louis Dance.

A ugust. Exams ! What a blow; with much rain anrl little knowledge, the 4th was not uch a pleasant day. On the 28th subdued faces wer e reanimated as we sang with gusto " O Causa nostrae Latitae."

September. School re-open s; the usual chatter and exchanging of information. All had several outings to John Alden. A visit from Mr. Bridge with technicolour films of India, W estcrn Australia, and our Jubilee celebrations, was welcomed by us all.

29th.- T hc Leaving E conomic Class visited the Bank.

October. The first great event of the month was Show Day. The Sports and F e tc were very success­ful despite the unpleasant weather. We made £400, which was most acceptable to the missions.

1953: FEBRUARY:

lOth.- School re-opens with the usual chatter , many not having seen each other for nine weeks. The excellent Junior and Leaving r esults were among the subjects under discussion.

16th.- Sports captains announced. They are : Colleen Carroll for St. Raphaels' (red ), Patricia McH enry, St. Stanislaus (blue), Yvonne Murcott, St. Gabriel's (green ), Kathleen Rooney, St. Michael's (gold ) . Margare t Adams was voted tennis captain.

l 7th.- First tennis lesson from Mr. Bonner , enthusiasts making promises about double faults.

18th.- No sweets !! It's Ash W ednesday. Resolutions made; this time to be k ept.

19th.- All r em embered M. M. Hilda, R.J.P., in our prayer s on the anniversary of her sudden death. Sub-Leavings toured the P erth G.P.O.

MARCH: Bth.-Osborne tennis teams v. Nedlands at

Nedlands. N edlands won. 14th.- R eturn match. Alas ! Another defeat. 17th.- Great excitem ent! The two buses arrived

to take n s to Lotun Park for High Mass aud St. Patrick 's Day celebrations.

23rd.- AII congregate in of prefects. Head girl prefects : Colleen Carroll,

s tudy for announcement Mary Peterson ; other Therese Devane, Enid

Fardon, Patricia foHenry, Maureen Williamson, Margare t Troy, Joan Holbrook, Margaret Adams .

24th.- Pat Drake-Brockman, better known as Pat Vincent, called, looking very charming, after her wedding at Star of the Sea.

26th.- Mi·. K earney called on his way to 1\Ielbourue from Ireland to show us slides d' Our Lady of Fatima and the three children. It was a mo t interes ting afte rnoon, and ended with a short talk by Mr. Kearney on the triviality of material things. \Ve were all impressed and would like to thank Mr. K earney. APRIL:

lst.- Home for the Easter break. Little concentration, thinking of the times ahead.

8th.- All r e turn. Still little concentration. t~inking of the wonderful times past. ,

17th.- Rust1es of taffeta, silk, lace and tulle were h eard when the debutanfos, Julia Burke, Mary McMullen, Sue Quin and Marilyn Hogan called before being presented at the " Graduation B all" .

22nd.-More debutantes call on their way to the Seven Stars Ball. l\'JlAy:

lst.- Willing hands prepared a beautiful Altar for Our Lady on the Ocean Verandah. Others wove wreaths for h er crown and the crowns of h er handmaids. The Procession went down the new path and re turned b y the Avenue. Then we grouped our elves around the Ocean Steps while Mary P e te rson crowned Our Lady. A handmaid chosen from each class was then crowned, and presented Our Lady with a bouquet of flower s. Fr. Gilchrist, S.J ., addressed u s.

6th.- Leavings and Subs were shown ove r Parliament House under the direction of Mr. Ross Hutchinson. Most impressive.

7th.-"Home" is the word on eve r yone's lips. Home for over three weeks ! J UNE:

3rd.- Opening of the second term. The main topic of conversation the Coronation. Margare t Guilfoyle looked charming when she called during the holidays before being presented at the Catholic Ball.

9th.-Surprises for the Sub-Leavings and Sub­Juniors. A Mothercraft com· e !

llth.- General Meeting of Y.C.S., including r ep orts from the Missions, Current Affairs and Films groups ; a Lalk on books from the Drama group. The m eeting concluded with a debate on " Radio versus Stage Plays" by the Debating Group.

PAM There w as a young girl named Pam, Who went to pass her exam, She sat on a chair

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With a lady-like air, And she did her exam like a lamb.

PEGGY UPTON (Grade V) , Mar ryatville.

LORETO

A FEAST DAY

The firs t gala day for u s after our return to school in F ebruary was our Mistress of School's Feast.

At morning aesembly the school was full of flowers, greetings and smiles. After s inging " A Happy Feast Day", the children adjourned to their various classrooms. What an anti-climax !

As Mother had b een presented with more flowers than ther e was room for , the Intermediate girls were given the honour of taking a large bunch to the hospital , where flowe rs are always welcomed. It was quite amusing to notice the len gth of time they were away p erforming this act of charity, at the hospital a few s teps up the road!

School ended that afternoon to enable som e of the m ore hardy people to brave th e coolish waves, while the l ess courageous walked over to Battery Point, where they were pleased to b e able to have a close insp ection of the beginnin gs of the new breakwater , which will play su ch an important part in the n e w harbour plans.

Now, as that was practi ca11 y the u sual routine for the F east, the L eaving Cl ass decided to hold a surprise entertainment that evening. This entertainment was to be in the form of an imaginary wireless broadcast.

At seven-thirty that evenin g the b ell rang and all the nuns and childre n assembled in the hall, for what, they had not the remotest knowledge.

At the top of the hall, in the corn er , stood a piano draped with material in the form of a disguirn. On top of thi s was a small wireless set, rescu ed from the loft, while b ehind the piano, in most awkward positions, hid about e ight girls.

The progr amme open ed with a fanfare played on the piano by our pianis t, Jo ie . The announcer announced the station and its r elay stations, together with the sponsors of the programme, who wer e "Smash emups", The China Store right near your door. They were chosen appropriately, as there was a plea for any kind of broken china at the time. Next came our solo soprano, and then the pianist. After tha t, Charlotte Clark answered listeners' problem s; ther e was a break in the pro~ramme for advertisements concernin g "Smash amups", then the professor and his child prodigies, five quiz kid s, took the microphone. Many ques tions were asked, and again they were concerning current events, such as treading water, weaving and scarves, laundry morning, and lastly rolling the paths in preparation for their topdress ing. W e do not know yet whether it should be classed as a recreation or a de tention! The session was concluded with still m ore

advertisem ents, and the announcer signed off from the station and the relay s tation.

Some of the juniors were really sorry when th e n ew wireless was turned off, and the audien ce was delighted with the novelty. The studio p erso nnd crawled from their cramped positi.ons to accept 'lhc con gra tulations which so thrilled them tha t it was decided to hold more evenings in the same s tyle.

MARGARET GREGORY, P ortland.

"Hail Glorious St. Patrick"

These were the words of which I thou ght , when I awaken ed on th e morn of the 17 th March, 19S3. The sun was pouring through the windows of our dormitory ; it was jmt the da y for w hich we had prayed.

W e h ad hoped it woulrl be hot so tha t we could sp end the whole da y on th e b each . \Ve h ad been told, the night before, that ever y senior \vas appointed to cut a junior's lunch , as well as her own.

Our first hold-up for the day was our bread suppl y. It was strange that aft er half of u s h ad cut ou r lunch es, there was an empty bread bin ; but , soon the baker arrived , so the lunch ba gs were fi ll ed .

All were ready and we we re awa y at ten-thirt y, ch an gin g into bathers at our box, and the n walkin g round to the town b each for a swim .

Near mid-day, four of u s and our Mistress of Schools, began preparing th e fire to bo il the saveloys, not realizing the fact that we cou lrl h ave been fin ed £200 toge ther with serving s ix months b ehind the bars of the Portland prison.

Everyone enjoyed the novelty of the barbecue . in spite of the fact that some suffer ed from b ein g firs t in the line and gettin g the hottes t savclov.

Towards the end of the aft ernoon a dust 3tonn arose, but we had had our day, full of swimming and sun tanning. At 5 o'clock we were h ome to sing B enediction. Then there was an hour"s rest in the dormitory, seniors r e tiring as well as juniors. In the evening Mothe r Provincial and Mother Magdalen cam e to our entertainment. Ther e were some sunburnt faces in the choir that night.

The concluding item of thi s ente rtainment came from the Juniors, who made a tableau in h onour of St. Patrick , comple te with his tiara. beard and snakes, who stood in his fram e at the b ack of the s tage. Each junior was proud of h er shamrock which sh e h eld well in view during the h ymn, " H ail Glorious St. Patrick " .

CAROLF. CLARK, Portland.

PUDDLES

On my way to school one day, I met a puddle by the way,

"Come and play with m e," he said, I am lonely-very lonely.

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"Please do stay for tea," said he, And I said, "Most certainly".

SUE RICH (Grade IV), Marryatville.

ACROSS THE TOP: In the Co nvent garden practising the march for the Eucharistic Procession.

See page 9. See also pages 51 and 92.

LORETO, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W.

FOURTH CLASS CATHERINE ALLEN SUSAN ARMSTRONf; ELIZABETH BAHTLETT BEATRICE BAT\tMAN DEIRDRE B'URKE CECILE CANSDtLL HILARY CRAl\lPTON BARBARA DE MEUR ANNE-MARIE DWYER GENEVIEVE

DEMEULEMEESTER

MAUREEN GAR•";AN MARGARET HONNER CHRISTINE INGLISS ASTRID KELLY ANNE LEONHARD ANNE LOUGHLA'.'ID HELEN LOWERY THERESE McCAF.FRF.V VICKI McEVOY GERALDINE J\fcGRATH JOSEPHINE O'HA 'I LO N MAUREEN O' HANLO N MOYRA O'MARA

PHlLOMENA PAPALLO AN!\E PELLEGRlNO MARGARET POWER LOUISE REGAN PATRIClA REILLY ANTOT!\ETTE ROL¥E MAUREEN SCOTT ELIZABETH SULLl VAN AKDRE TIERNAN ELIZABETH WALSH MARGARET WARD ROSALIE WATTEL PRUDEN CE FLYNN

FIRST CLASS i<F.RR ¥° AS iiBOLT MARGARET AL T. EN PATRI C IA BUCKLEY SALLY CALLA); ROS EMAR Y CA:\SDELL ROSLYN CLARKE SUSAN FEATHERSTONE NAC\ CY HARP ER JANE HF. '.'\DY -POOLY PATRlCfA LEOi\HARD

LORETO, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W.

INFANTS ROBERTA PL ASTO BRENDA SCOTT

l\"ON I LOUGHLA:-.:D ANNE McLUC:KlE MORNA NANCARRO\V DENISE PLASTO SAKDRA STOKES GERALDIKE TRA ~EY MALANA HICKEY MARK CRADDO CK J O H1\ CAHILL Rl CHARD CARTFR JOH J\" FLY NK

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CLARA DUFFIELD CATHERINA DI TSSELDOl<I ' ALI CE HOLDEN llE.LJ NDA HOLMt~S :l lARILY:-1 JO c<ES JULIA ~lERKEL TONI PALMER MAGREE!\ PURC E LL

CATHERIX E SLATT E R \ MARGAJmT-J\f AR\' STE\;"A li.T THOMAS BAT !::YIA 1\ THOMAS BATH URST \l\ IJLLlAJ\I B YE F RA:\"C IS BUT CH E!< PETE R CAHI LL CHRI STOP.HE R C P '\SO :\ JOH X KEJ\"XEDY B'R UC E J\fcCLl ' l'KJ E D AVID St;TH E'iLA'.\ IJ

LORETO, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W. PREFECTS

BACK ROW (left to ri ght): Anne Edghill, Kay L ohan, Nina Morr:s (Head), Loui se Boland, Helen Davis.

FRO NT ROW: G.anna Larri, Maureen Beesley, Mary Cunningham.

The Tower, flood -lit during the Eucharistic Congress of 1953.

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LORETO, KIRRIBILLI, N.S.W.

Second and Third Classes.

First and Second Year Classes .

Elementary and Form I .

Boys .at Entrance Gates.

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LORETO

This Australia AUSTRALIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO

Australia del Espiritu Santo, Land of the Holy Ghost, the free, As in the days of old Ere Torres sailed the cold Translucent waters of the rolling sea, Some Portuguese or Spaniard called you, Wondering, amid the infinitude of waters, If h e had lit, strange continent, ,on thee.

Whether this land be continent or island, Where unfamiliar shadows flit and blow, I plant a seed, h e cried, a seed of promise Whose fruit I shall not gather, but Time know. May H eaven fo ster it, the new Australia, And may the Holy Spirit in it dwell, The saints and angels of our God befr.iend it And Christ redeem it from the bonds of Hell.

JEWELS OF THE CORAL SEA Queenslanders need not go far afield for romance

and adventure. Dotted along the coast line are coral-girt islands, each tropical and ron:iantic. .

Lindeman Island, north of Mackay, I S a glorious holiday resort, with its unusual scenery, coral reef::i, sandy beaches and truly magnificent seascape'!. Many happy hours may be spent drifting over the reef and gazing down through glass-bottom boats at the wonders below. Magnetic I sland, one of the most picturesqu e along the coas t, is a place of coconut palms, mango trees and tropical shrub?. Green I sland is a beautiful paradise. Most of it i~ reserved as a national park. The reefs teem with life and colour ; the soft pastel tones of the coral contrnsting with the brilliance of. t?e fish , ~aki~ g of this Barrier Reef a museum of hvmg marme hfc.

The island of stories is Whit-Sunday I sland. Cave? containing native drawings lie h ere. Legend ha~ _it that a Spanish galleon lies at the bottom of the Cid Harbour. Few stretch es of coastline in the world possess w many islands; and every r eef, cap and bay recalls thrilling stories of the sea.

KARLENE JOHNSON (Sub-Junior) , Brisbane.

CLERMONT, QUEENSLAND Nestling in a valley of the Drummond Ranges

reposes peacefully the small township of Clermon.t. To the tourists passing through from the scemc north it holds no attraction. "A dusty little town" is to them an apt description. They, however, do ~10t know its past history or that of the surrouudmg districts- Clermont is rich · history, and I am proud to be ·able to relate . of it.

Early in the twentieth cenLUry, about 1917, lured

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May it be far from the world's strife and anger, Pride, and the civil clangour of the sword, A land of peace that older kingdoms knew not, For all they strove to live beneath the Lord. Sing Mass, Sir Priest, and bind this land to Heaven, The Heaven of H <>avens with God's gold<>n cord.

So from som e h eadland ringed with swirling waters, For the first time benea th the sweet gum tree, Amid the wild flowers of the waving bushland, The friendly fern, the everlasting sea, Rose incense, and the sacred Cross was planted That the new world might know God's mystery.

Then they departed, wondering at the stillness Of the primeval world, its melancholy, Leaving the silence to the stiff-leaved tree-grass, Till God's time seal its Christian destiny. Sydney. LYND NATHAN.

by the twinkle of gold dust fla shing in the washing pans, the pioneers flocked to the spot. The gold was of excellent quality; and hopes and fortunes flourish ed. The t ents and shacks emerged as neat little homes and shops and hotels opened. An out­back town was born. However, good things do not last. Abruptly gold mining ceased and became a thing of the past. With the discovery of copper in the surrounding district the t empo of the little town quickened once more. But, at this time copper mmmg was not a paying proposition; so its popularity quickly waned. But the hard workers, seeking a Jiving out west, were not to be disappointed by this "wilful lavish land." Almost immediately a ri ch coal seam was di scovered and through the p assin g years it is the only industry which h as progressed unhindered. This long seam of good black coal runs right through the town of Blair Athol which has sprung up over this spot. Blair Athol is a very tiny town holding practically no population, for the miners have their homes in Clermont and go every morning by train to the mines.

Flourishing, too, is the gr azing for both cattle and sh eep . Rolling fertile downs for wool, scrubby long-grassed stations for fat bullocks. On these principally r es ts at present the prosperity of Cleqnont. Nearby is the famous " Peak Downs" with its acres of sorghum and its plump pigs. Many graziers despairing of bush fires which rage through the west in summer turned to planting grain crops as a last resort. The experiment has gone merrily for a few years, but what will be its future remains to be seen. Shortage of rain owing to the barr.ier thrown up by the Ranges is a seriou.§ draw back.

Of course Clermont has it s amusements, too. Swimming in a lagoon or p erhaps one of the creeks around in summer; and golfing, tennis, bowls and

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~hooting for winter. Once a year comes the Rodeo. Hard work and good organization make this a success. Imagine all the cowboys from the stations near and far present in one small town with perhaps six m onths' wages in their pockets and you will know what I m ean by good organization.

P erhaps it disgusts you as it does so many others. But to me ther e seem s to exist a spirit which Jives only there. A friendly h and h eJd out to those in need without thought of receiving anything in return. Perhaps "out west" the divine lesson of charity has been prac ti sed more truly by the bush dwellers than by the restless thousands enjoying the "civilization" of the Coast.

JANICE GOODWIN (Sub-Junior) , Brisbane.

GONE BUSH A dark form slunk past the mill trough, on

noiseless feet, to m erge with the night. The inky blackness ahead lay wrapt in silence

-all was quie t, dea thly quiet; ye t this dusky maiden felt vaguely uneasy. Instinct compelled her feet­the bush was callin g. But deep down within h er troubled soul, civilization had left its score. Y cs, sh e felt guilty! Full well she knew the brief hue-and-cry of the morrow when she would be missed. Mentally she heard guttural tongues passing on the latest tit-bit; Loorree "gone bush"; but go she must .

Once at home within the scrub, she warms to the welcoming scent and caress of h er old familiar hush. Excitem ent thrilled through ever y vein as gradually h er wildly racing brain drank in the situation: sh e had run away; no one had stopped h er. She was free to wander at will. Now an overwhelming wanderlust se ized h er.

Sunrise find s he r lithe and fl eet of foot, alwa ys bea ring away towards the very core of the bush , away from the \vhite man and his s tations. Large, black white-ringed eyes anxiously skim the ground for tracks; instinct is driving he r now, and with all the knowled ge gleaned from her sixteen years of life, the bush is an open book to h er.

With startlin g swiftness a hare leapt from a tuft of grass almost under the silentl y padding feet, and away up in the foliage birds stopped their chirping to watch he r p ass. Loorree, hungry now, strains alert eves for quarry- fortunate indeed will be the wallaby o~ Paddy melon that crosses he r p a th unmolested.

The gleaming black phantom of death slithers away inconspicuously at the firs t hint of danger- but too late ; sharp eyes have spied him and in a lightning fla sh the black finger s have deftly gripped and pinned him. The wily serp ent finds himself imprisoned from behind the h ead in the grip of a vice. Ah! It is not for Loorree to starve!

Her eyes shouted triumph and the bush in h er many tongues joined in a chorus of triumph, shouting - in silence. There stood a lone representative of a fast dwindling race that Australia should be proud to own.

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his ideals on the mind, so agile and brilliant within its own sphere, but so slow and retarded when measured by our standards.

MARY O'KEEFE (Sub-Senior) , Brisbane.

NORTHERN CATTLE iCOUNTRY This title is inclined to he a little misleadin g, as

the country about which I intend to write is situated 250 miles south-west of Rockhampton, Queens1and.

At the hack of our property runs the Range which divides the Dawson Valley from the Upper Burnett Valley. The country is very hilly and thickly timbered in parts, hut when cleared it is good grazing country. A portion of the country is hrigalow and is excellent land when cleared. Mo~t of the property owners stock H ereford cattle,

but a few stock Polls and Shorthorns. \Ve stock H ereford breeders and then sell them to those who &tock cattle at the Store sales. These, in turn , are sold at the fat cattle sales.

Sale time brings many busy days, full of worry and work, for the ca ttle owners. The cattle must he muster ed , draughted , dipped and then put in a sp ecial paddock to await delivery. This means taking some cattle out of a paddock , and putting then into another, to give the sale cattle a better chance of improving.

Steers becom e troublesome if they are stirred up, calves refuse to walk along, cows persist in trying to go hack- all this h elps to m ake a cattle man's life unpleasant when mustering for the big sale. However, all these troubles are forgotten when the ca ttle are sold and are well on their way to their n ew owners.

Camhoon- a property not far from u s- is the largest station in our district. It consists of fourteen thousand acres and is well known for its cattle. In March this year they h eld a " fi eld day." It was a great success. All the p eople in the district gathered and talks were given about ca ttle.

Ticks are the main worry of cattlemen of these parts. Every six week s the ~attle must be dipped if their owner s wish to k eep the tick s under control. During the dry weathe r we are fortunate for most of u s have good well s to water the cattle .

ROSEMARY HAMILTON (Sub-Senior) , Brisbane.

NATIVE MISSION IN RANCHI : We have no boarde rs h er e as we have no funds to build a boarding-school; hut we have over two hundred day­pupils-n early all of them are Hindus. There are only four Catholics in the whole school. . . Our convent consists of a bungalow with class-rooms adjoining, and is situated about three miles outside the town. A priest cycles out for Mass every morning. I do a good deal of teaching besides my other work as ther e are so few of us h ere-only nine in the community.

Loreto (l.B.V.M.), Ranchi, India.

LORETO

A TRIP TO THE DESERT When we arrived at Kalgoorlie, after travelling

all night on the train from Perth, we went to see the statue of Paddy Haunan. This is the man who first discovered gold in this place. I had a drink from the water-bag by his side and saw on the plaque that it was just sixty years since his horse knocked the nugget, and the gold rush began.

After lunch at a big old hotel n ear the railway station we hired a taxi and went to see "The Golden 'lilc." There were mines ever ywh ere and big moun­

tains of excavated earth piled up in all directions. The deepest shaft is 4,160 feet and another called "Ivanhoe" is 3,300 feet deep. We saw the three reservoirs that supply the town with water pumped nearly four hundred miles, from Mundaring Weir.

That evening we took the "fast goods train" for Zanthus, another two hundred miles further east. \Ve arrived there late at night. Mr. Stewart met us and we drove out to Cundeelee Mission Station in a jeep. Next morning we made friends with his three children. We also met a number of the native children as they went into school.

Then we went down to the rockhole and watched tht') natives drawing water. They carried big four­gallon tins on their h eads. Some of the women carried little babies in slings tied to their backs. The men mostly had long\ hair knotted into a bun at the back of their heads and wore red bands over their foreheads. They carried spears and woomera because they were going hunting.

In the afternoon we went to a place called "White Rock." It was glimmering white and almost blinding to look at in the full glare of the bright sunlight. Darlene Stewart and I left Mummy doing some sketching there and went for a long walk. We found

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some wild pears which the natives call ''kalgoorlas." They tasted sweeter than the cultivated pears, but are much smaller. Big clumps of spinifex were growing everywhere.

Every afternoon we went for long walks with the natives. There were about seventy or eighty of them camped about half a mile away from the Mission buildings. They came up twice a week to collect their rations of flour, tea, sugar and m eat. Water was very scarce at this place and in the summer it has to be carted fifty-three miles.

One day Mummy asked some of the black women if they could find one or two "Mountain Devils" for us. Mummy thought they would be rather hard to get and she said sh e would pay one shilling for them. In two hours they came back again with twenty-nine! However, we let most of them go and just k ept six to take home with u s. The natives call these strange little lizards "mingaries."

Have you ever seen ""Mountain Devils"'? If not, you would probably get a fright the first time. Their face looks exactly like a devil's and they are covered all over with sharp spikes. This is their

Illustrations by Elizabeth Durack (Mrs. Clancy)

only protection as they are r eally quite harmless. On their backs are brown and yellow stripes. If you put them on green grass the yellow stripe changes to a green colour. They eat ants, do not drink, but absorb water through their skins from an occasional shower in the desert. They have four legs, and a full size one is about seven inches long.

One day Mr. Stewart arranged that we go for a whole day out on a kangaroo hunt. We set off at five o 'clock in the morning. There were seven native women, Mummy and myself, and also about twenty dogs. The natives never move without their dogs.

We were told that Dinah and Ruby were very

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good al calchi11 g kan garoo~, that Mary was good at digging for hardies, a nd that the other s were excel­lent lrackcrs of ani mals. The hom e of the kangaroos was about eight miles fron1 the camp.

At one time as we were walking along, the natives saw: some snake track s. They pointe d them out to m e, bu t for quit e a while I could not sec a thing 011 th e hard sun -baked earth. The n slowl y I b egan Lo sec th e faint d ent that th e snake had made in th e sa nd . lL was like a very sm all trench. I would h ave Jikcd lo go afte r the snake, but the natives sa id "No, "spose ' im l1ite, ' im killem you dea d fella! "

All of a sudd e n we came upon kangaroo tracks. I could sec I hesc quite easily. The first time they were Jik c three mark s in the sand and now and again there was a mark of the it· tail s. The natives said they were making for a water-hole. They told u s to go very quietly and only to sp eak in whisp er s.

lt was about twenty minutes' fas t walkin g till we r each ed the rockholc. Mummy a nd I hid b ehind a rock a ncl watch ed lwo kangaroos drinking. The black s made a c ircle around them. Suddenly Dinah started Lo h op around like a kangaroo. The animals, now full of curiosity, went ove r to see what was coming. Dinah and Ruby got their chance a nd knocked the m on the head. One of them t ried to put up a fi ght , but it did not h ave a chance as all the dogs then rush ed in and bit the kan garoos .

W e found a good place to have lunch under the sh ade o f some rock s. The blacks made a small fire and threw the bungaras on to it. Then they made a much bigger fire to cook the kangaroo. By the Lime they had d on e thi s the bungaras were ready, so they took th em off the fire, peeled them and then ate th em. T h e kangaroo took a long time to cook , but a l . las t it was r ea d y and the blacks had a good meal. l tri ed a liulc bit, but did not like it very much as the meat \vas very tough and red.

1\ft er all thi s we mad e our way home again. 1 he nf'xl <la y we rn u ght the train back to P erth.

We felt c1u itc sad say in g good-bye to our n ew fri ends. Now th e 1lesert lrip i~ jus t a m emory.

PER.PETUA CLANCY (12 years) N C'dland '°.

THE GEM OF THE WEST

Two hun dred anrl fifty ycar ti ago William D e Vlaming , the D utch navi ga tor, ca m e to th e coast of West A ustralia and the re saw an Jslan<l which h e caller! "' R o tln e;; t." ' Jn Dut ch lan guage thi s m eans "RatE" Nest", beca use h e th ou ght tha t the hundred s of littl e wallabi es Jiving on th e I sland were ra ts. He wrolt> in hi ~ l og, ·'H e re it seem~ that Na ture ha ~ spared n o thin g to rcn1ler thi ~ [~ l e cl e li ghtfnl ahovc aJl oth er hlands I h ave evn seen.-· *

As th is hlancl is onl y H miles from th e Port of Frem antlc, i t is o ne of the most popular h oliday reoo r ts in '~ ' c:s tern A u stralia , a nd can be r each e d h y fast passen ge r launch es or by r egular airline services which arc a ll eged to be the shortest in the world.

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The air tr ip takes only e ight to ten minutes, which is all too short, as the beauty o f the isl and (as seen from th e air ) is an unforge ttable scene, wi th its many hays and inle ts and the nume rous salt l akes.

These salt lakes a re t h em selves very interesting ,,s they are six tim es more salty th an the sea, and it is impossible for swimmers to s ink in them. From the earl y da ys of the hi story of this Sta te, a nd up till l ast year, sail was ga the red by the tons from these lakes, and sold in the local market. Rotlnest was the Penal Se ttl em ent for the convic ts who we t·e sent out h en: from England. A ll the ston e buildings were builc by the convic ts, including the great Round House in which the prison ers were k ept. Now-a-days the Round House is a popular hostel for visitors.

The l slan<l i tsclf is very hilly and the sandy soil is covered with thick grasses and bush es which are a n a tural h aven for hird and insect Jife, including p eacock s and pheasa nts which wer e imported b y an earl y Governor. The bf'ach es wh ich a r c so clean and pretty are the m ain attrac tion for summer visitors, w h i ls t durin g the rest of th e year fi shing from the many rock y p oi nt s is the at traction. No wonder Rottnes t is ca lled "GEM OF THE WEST" .

* Though swarming with rats! Oh, for a Dutchman to explain!-Ed.

JUDITH EVANS (Form III) , Claremont.

Message to Josephine Dunphy : We enjoyed your article, J osephine. You probably r ealized it was too long for the magazine. Congratulations on having it published in a Y.C.W. pamphlet!-Ed.

R EX JNGAMELLS : Rex Ingamell~ was h ere recently anrl was quite d e li ght ed to see the u se made of hi s " Grea l So uth Land·'. H e went home with a copy of the 1952 magazine fo r h is files. He has always h ce n a milit ant fi gure in the cause of hi s country and Aus tralian lite ra lnre- fighting the battl e of the Aus tralian writer aga in,. l the syndicate d m a teri a l from ovcrseao. Ano ther o f hi s battles i~ lo presen t the A b o rig inal a~ a human heing. P er th. W.A. M.D.M.

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B EW ILDERED DUG: Last Saturda y we had a 1log-sh ow a~ a preliminary Lo the Miss ion fe te. The do,r~ arrived i n fin e form anrl allowed them selves to lie pul on parad e. Th ey ;di behaved ad mirabl y- all except th e conven t dog. The s ip:ht of the visiting dogs infuriated him , and to ~ ave the gath erin g from becoming a dog-fig h t we had to shut o urs in the laundry.

Loreto, Nedlands. M.

LORETO

KWINANA-A TOWN IN THE MAKING Having driven along Case Point Road to what

will some day be the main gate of the great Refinery, Daddy parked the car, and I walked over with him to the beach. From there we could see the pile drivers sinking test piles. Turning inland, we saw the Refinery stretched out before us. We decided to walk further along the beach to get a better view of it. After walking for some time we reached a low hill which afforded us an excellent view. Scattered over the site's nine hundred and seventy· five . acres are numerous buildings, while the nine miles of meandering roads give the effect of a patchwork quilt. Even though it was Saturday morning, trucks were speeding hither and thither like a nest of ants. Nearby was a huge German mobile crane, and down by the rubble jetty, a similar one. Altogether there are about twelve large cranes and several small mobile ones. The brick offices are fast approaching completion, and judging by the stack of bricks, they will not be the only brick buildings. It is an American undertaking.

In the distance can be seen what resembles a iow black wall. Daddy said it was probably the foundation of a tank. He was right. To the left is a large sh ed; beside it stands a gigantic concrete mixer about thirty feet high, which can produce eighty-six and six-eighth tons per hour. The cement used is stored in drums, stacked high behind the concrete mixer. In the distance can be seen the tank sec tions awaiting construction.

Mr. Trahan, one of the Directors of the enterprise, is a friendly American. He took us round the whole area. In the casting yard are innumerable steel piles, one hundred feet long. They are hollow hexagon shapes, about eighteen inches in diameter, and will be reinforced with concrete. When I was talking to the manager of the Kwinana construction, later in the day, he told me that the piles are coated with bitumastic enamel to prevent corrosion. He also told me that when the Refinery is completed there will be ninety tanks, each one hundred and forty-four feet in diameter by fifty-eight feet high. The ground is waked with refuse heavy fuel oil before the base of the tank is laid. This is also a corrosion preventative. When these tanks are in use, ships requiring oil will bunker at Kwinana instead of Fremantle.

There are six hundred and seventy-five men employed at present to do the abovementioned work. The Americans have found a way to cope with the usual lackadaisical Australian workmen. For this a man goes about with a small concealed camera, and if any man is wasting time he is photographed in the act. For identification, each man must wear a number attached to his shirt or coat. When the pay envelopes are issued the photograph is enclosed, thus settling any disputes that may arise. On the back is printed, "Your services are no longer required". A record of these photographs is kept and I should imagine that there is quite a "Rogues' Gallery".

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for his kind co-operation and then drove two miles out to Medina, the settlement for Kwinana. The area is crowded with gaily painted houses looking as though the painter has let his imagination run wild. Some have pink walls and roof to match. Others are green, blue, canary yellow, brown, red and black. Most of the houses are asbestos, but some are imported pine. Daddy and I drove seven miles around Medina, and here and there stood brick chimneys awaiting the erection of houses around them. They resembled the pillars of Pompeii.

The shopping centre has not been built yet, but it should be soon. There will be several picture theatres, churches and hotels in the completed town, although the exact number is not known. Driving home we realised that the Refinery is the greatest thing that has ever happened to Western Australia.

JUDITH V. McGUIRE (Junior Public Class) , Claremont.

CORONATION PRESENT The Coronation of Elizabeth II was marked by

the presentation of copies of the Bible to all South Australian children by the State Government. Upon hearing of this intended action, the Catholic schools requested the translation by Monsignor Ronald Knox and were given well bound editions of the Four Gospels. It is very pleasing to see that the South Australian Government has realized the religious significance of the Coronation and has stressed this significance in its generous present. The emblem on the cover and the inscription on the fly-leaf remind us of the glorious occasion on which it was presented.

Since we shall be using the Gospel all our lives, this souvenir of the Coronation will have permanent value even into Eternity.

ANNE SCANTLEBURY (Leaving), Marryatville.

SUNSET IN THE TROPICS Tho golden sky has overflowed on sands left damp

by ebbing tide, Where playful waves run in and out, gilding their

crests, and flinging wide The gold dust, till the angered sky, flushing to see

such wasteful play, Withdraws her overdraft of light and ends the

many-tinted day: Leaving a sea, whose vo1oe has dropped, just

wondering Why he has suddenly grown old and grey and

lumbering. W.A. -A.M.D.

WITH APOLOGIES TO AMERICANS: "The Statue of Liberty is a monstrosity."

[A laboured and unmalicious attempt to use the word "monster" and its derivatives.]

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Ori ginal pe n-a nd-ink sk e t ches: R ealis m an d Fantasy :-From m y Window, J osephine Gorman (Too r a k ); The R ac ing L esso n, B everley Dobso n ( Marrya tville ); The Cl ose, Paquita Greens lade (Marryatvill e).

SWIMMING LESSONS

It was f'Xf'iting news whf' n Wf' hf'anl that the lifesavf'r,.; wc rf' f'o111i 11 ~ to tt•a('h us to swim . Mo;; t of us cou lcl swim in a fa shio n of our O\Vn , hut it was not in a ve ry rf'a ssuring fa shion h ef'au se we were always warn ed about depths and such things hefore we raced in. There was one savi ng point. \Ve could tread wat f' r. This had been explain erl by the "knowlcdgea lilc.'. swi m111 cr,.; alllougs t us. wh o had "aid that if we wne out of our 1lcp th we eoultl rc"t h y just sta nd ing upright. tr·cading the water hc uea th u s.

On th e following Sa turd aY at two o"clock three i; tron g 111 cn walked up th e lwach and, aftf'r a ehat with Motlwr, a skt>d 11 ~ if we could fl oa t. The an swer was "Yes·· frolll lll os t. Could we swi m ? \Vell . . m our own way.

We all went into the wa ter, and under too, a supreme effort for the weak ly. The lesso n procceclecl comparati vd~· \\-ell. illlprovi11g ~om c and g iving o ther,.; confidcnec. That was !hf' fin'I a11d 1he last Je,.;"011 from the lifrrnYc r". Tht>rt· harl hecn olhcr ca lls on thf'ir ~crvi1 · f' ", i1 st•f'nr s. One week 1hcy had a surfing carnival. tllf' ncxl week 1hey \l't•nt to the Show ; and "omc thing e1p1a ll~· disastrou;;; must have happened the 11cxl week , because their newly

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acquirt>tl ~wimmi11~ c lass waitf'1l in v a111 tu lw tau gl11 11ew strokes, or new star turns.

The secontl in the sniP8 of ,wim111i11~ fr. s,o n:; did h appen for the Middle School. An o th n swi111111 ing master had been contacted , and althoug h we did n o t see the lesson , the express ions on the fa ces. and the cha tterin g when they returned , told of the afternoon \ suceesi'. The next k sson inelwlcd t h t' Senio rs. Our m aste r arrived a11d ,.;0011 had hi s pupil s en eq.!c tica lly splashing arnl gulping in all 1liree ti o 11 s. The float took fir,.;t place. anrl thanks lo \Ir. 811e h a 11 ·, patierlt'e, even the halw" can floal now. f'Yt'n d1011 1.d1 it be for a 111att c r of seconds. 01her" nia , tcrcd 1lw overar111 s troke, and even the back ;; lrokc; tht',. we re the he ro ines of the clav. ·

Thal night Mother·s ' rears \l'f're pac ifi ed wh e n W< '

made a report on the l esson. '"Treading wat e r .. \o rs 110 longer a horror , heca11sc genuine swi111111in " h ad taken it s place. Since the Por1la11d th c rr1101~ c t f'r;;; havt· hcen hovcri 11 ~ around :.r,1•ro. <rnd our l11di a11 Summer has fled. Jlt'rh ap" \1' <' havt' had our la,.; t swimming lesson of t lw "ea,011.

Next year we will "llrf'ly he read~· for Atp1al i1· Sp ort s.

MARGARET HEFFERNAN, P ortland.

LEAVING CLASS

BACK ROW: J. Riley, M. Troy, H. Webster, A. Watts, K. Rooney, L. Peterson, E . Thieberg.

SECOND R OW : Y. Murcott, M. William son, J. Hayes, M. Adams, Y . Dymond, C. Carroll, P. ]oner;:.. P . Simpson, T. Devane, L. Cole.

FRONT ROW: Y. Noronha, P. Mc Henry, J. Drennan, J. Daly­Smith , J. Robinson, J. Holbrook, E. Fardon. M. Peterson.

LORETO CONVENT, CLAREMONT, W.A.

PREFECTS

STANDING: M. Troy, M. Adams, T. D evane, M. Peterson (Head of School), C. Carroll, P. McHenry, M . Williamson.

SITTING: J. Holbrook, E. Fardon.

JUNIOR CLASS

B ACK ROW: E. K elly, B. Devane, G. Roberts, N. Cooper.

SECOND R OW : M. Vall entine, M. Walsh, P. Harris, P. Durack, D. W alsh, H . Boylson.

THIRD ROW: M. Kennedy, M. Barrett, I. Manolas, H. Fitzgerald, E. Handley, S. Gwynne, E. Bartlett.

F OURTH ROW : V . Dodd, J. Brah­am, A . Franklyn, G. Keating, S. Curran, J . Dunphy, R. Rumble, M. Paton.

FR ONT ROW: T . M arwick, M. Taylor, J. Mendelson, J. Maguire.

ABSENT : G. Hadfield, P. Hay, M. Lawton , M. Dwyer.

LORETO CONVENT, CLAREMONT, W.A.

SUB-JUNIOR

BACK R OW : M. Butler, J . Stehn, A Slattery, N. Spressi, E. O 'Donoho e.

SECOND ROW: M. K ellond, G. Golding, N. Sadler, M. Horan, E. Cotter, L. Antoine.

THIRD R OW: C. Antoine, J . Fontaine, P. Kelly, K. Gardiner, S. W atki ns, V . Sheeha n, C. Earle.

F OURTH R OW : S. Lawrie, M. O ' Hara, J . Hunt, M. Courboules, A. Martin, D. Holman.

SITTING : M . Radford, V. W illiamson .

ABS E NT : M. King, C. Magee, S. Malloch .

FORM II

BAC K ROW: D. Clarke, J . Haywood, A. Ahern, A. Castinelle, C. Cunningham, L . Hanslicek, D. Morrow.

SECOND ROW : N. O berg, K. V alentine, A. Stanley, V. Jackman, C. Dunphy, G. Grieve, M. Dodd.

THIRD ROW : H. Monger, S. Antoine, S. Wood, K. Lavan, L. Ryan, S. Noble, T. Fitzpatrick .

FRONT : D. Hurst, P. Bracken, E. Calder, Y. Martin.

ABSE NT : J. Hopkins.

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FORM III BACK ROW: A. J ones, J. Evans, F . Burke.

SECOND ROW: N. Gardner, S. Glynn, J . Gads­don, C. Lloyd, E . Fitzgerald, E . O'Connor, B. Ridley.

THIRD ROW: A. Holbrook, G. Ettinger, J. Cullen, S. Cranston, I. Georke, G. Horsfall, M. Noble.

FOURTH ROW: D. McPhee, S. Mea gh er, G. White, D. Oll ivier, M. Thur!ing.

ABSENT : S. Wratten, J. Shanahan.

FORM I BACK RO!\': D. Farley, C. Noble, P .

Shanahan, R. O'Neill, M. Dimond, M. Connell.

SECOND ROW: C. Dobson, C. O'Hara; · G. Foss, J . Gallagher, J. Durack, M. Meehan, G. Fitzgerald, M. Dunphy.

THIRD ROW : R . Wantling, J. Biddies, S. Allan, J. Hogan, A. Harris. F . Ventouras, R. Lorrimer, J . Hartigan.

FOURTH ROW : J. Bull, E . Prender­gast, P. Jones, P. O 'Connor, M. Quinlan, J. Piggford, C. Churcho­vich, C. Flynn.

SITTING: J. O'Loughlin.

Carmichael,

ABSENT : J . Hanson, S. Neill.

CLASSES II, I AND PREPARATORY

BACK ROW: J . Antoine, R. Hicks, G. Morgan, J .. H-arvey, M. Harvey, R. Dodd, G. Hopkins, G. Green.

SECOND ROW : P. Hopkins, C. Clarke, J . Lavan, T. Logue, D . /\very, R. Gully, M. Hicks, B. Bridge.

THIRD ROW : E . Ryan, R. O 'Hallor­aii, C. Daly, N. Collier, M. O'Hal­loran, L. O'Hara,- M. Ladner, M. Ladner, S . Hogan.

FOURTH ROW : J . Ridley, A. M. Baker, P . O 'Neill, E: Ahern, · y , Antoine, S. Woods, A. Middleton, E. Clarke. T ._•Ryan, T. Cocks, S. Hadfield, G.

FRONT ROW: .M. Lennon,. T. Flyn11, T~IJllinson, J. Mahony, D . Flynn

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LORETO CONVENT, CLAREMONT, W.A.

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CLASSES III AND IV

BACK ROW : N . Ryan, J. Lavan, T . Hughes, D . Cocks, M. Slattery, J. Connell, A. M. Lennon.

SECOND ROW : C. MacDougall, C. Jones, L. Lo~ue, J. Kennan, M. Friedman, P . Rumble, M. B arr.ett.

THIRD ROW: M. Ryan, M. Payne, S. Tomlinson, A . V entouras, A . Worner, H . Downes, V . Meeh~n, J . Green. · '.

FRONT ROW: K .- O 'Loughlin, S . Dodd, L . Nettleton, T . Leslie, .A. Bridge, N. Clarke, L . Mc Namara.

LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI , N.S.W.

TOP RIGHT : Leaving Class.

CENTRE: Section of Intermediate Dr essmaking Class.

BOTTOM LEFT: Corner of Cooking Room.

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UNTIDY JANE

It's ge ttin g late; Where are m y shoes ? Why do they always, always choose A Monday morning to be lost. The)' must be found at any cost­Where are m y shoes?

Where is m y bag? It's gone again; Things will go wrong with m e ' tis plain ; It's not as if it were so small ; Someone's tidied up the h all. Where can it be ?

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Where are m y gloves ? He1·e's one, you see-But what's th e use of one to me ? Someone's cleared it from the ~helf. I'm certain it was not myself-Where has it gone ? .

Where is m y purse? I'll miss the bus And if I'm late, there's such a fuss .

. They'r e so particular at School. I'm always late, --- welJ , as a rule. Where is m y purse !

Claremont. ERIN O'CONNOR,

Form Three.

LORETO

Views and Opinions AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS¥

(Abridged)

"We the P eoples of the United Nations de termine to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war . . . " . It was with these words that, on 26th June, 1945, fifty nations approved of the United Nations Charter. They resolved to co-operate fully with this International Organisa tion in its aims of maintaining peace and security by united effort, of developing friendly relations between nations, and of solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character. A system of assemblies and councils was planned to pursu e the:e a ims. The General Assembly was constituted the main body and given the widest powers, because it is the only one in which all the m ember nations have a vo te. Subordinate, and r esponsible to it are the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Secretariat of the United Nations, and the International Court of Justice.

Australia has been a member of the United Nations since its inception, and her delegates contributed much to the framing of the Charter. They were responsible for enlarging the power and scope of the £maller nations, and for ascertaining that the decisions of the Social and E conomic Committee should be e ffective. It was due to Australian activity that this Committee was given the task of promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and social and economic progress throughout the world. Again, within the Security Council, Australia was r esponsible for having an important amendment passed, namely that the Council should be composed of "security" powers, that is, countries which, because of their actual contribution to the cause of world security, their resources, and geographical position, have proved able and willing to assume substantial security r esponsibilities. Australia's voice also played a prominent part in securing that administering countries should honor the principle of trusteeship; in opposing the power of ve to which the p ermanent members o.f the Security Council may wield ; and in m aintaining that the admission of applicants to the United Nations Organisa tion should be decided by the General Assembly.

Australia has proved h er self a foremost champion of the United Nations in its efforts to preserve peace. When on June 25, 1950, the United Nations declared that the attack by North Korean Forces was a breach of peace, and called upon member states to suppor t the Republic, and help to repel the armed attack, Au stralia was one of the first to answer the call. She has continued to send trained men, arms, money and m edical aid to Korea, where the United Nations Organisation faces the gravest crisis of its career.

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Australia's rol e in the United Nations 01·ganisation has shown that sh e is acutely aware that world problem s are interlocked , and that only a world-wide organisation can solve them. She, h er self, is affected economically, as well as politically, by the world situation. Eighty p er cent of h er wool producers. and sixty per cent of h er whea t farmers r ely upon conditions overseas. Australia has, the refore, everything to gain from this "s truggle for lasting p eace".

But her interes t in these agencies is not all selfish. Australia has not been wanting in Christian charity to peoples less favoured than h er own. She has given material help to the humane activities of the United Nations, to the World Health Organisa tion , to the United Nations Appeal for Children , and the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees. She has welcomed to h er shores thousands of h elpless, homeless p eople, and recognised their rights as human beings " without distinction as to race, sex, language, or r eligion" . She has open ed her Universities and h er Training Colleges and made available many scholarships and bursa ries. She has provided technical scientific and educational equipment for Asian countries, and an officer of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial R esearch Organisa tion has r ecently visited India, Pakistan and Ceylon to co-ordinate thi s equipment supply programme. As well as h elpful advisory work to other countries much of the r esearch done in Australia finds its way into scientific journals, and thus becomes available to peoples in other lands.

Since the discovery of vast deposits of Uraffium in our country, the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission has become vitally interested in Australia. We acknowledged our discovery to the United Nations and accepted its help in organising the necessary d evelopmental projects and security precautions. Australia also offered all h er facilities to Great Britain when the latter needed a tes ting ground for h er atomic tests. Thus Australia has given a fine example of co-operation in the development of the most vital force in the world to-day . . . atomic energy.

Australia has ably d emonstrated her desire for world peace, but sh e will not purchase p eace at any cost. All she desires is that each nation b e allowed to govern its own people in whatever manner these people choose, whether it be democracy, autocracy or dictatorship. But sh e will not tolerate any nation that thrusts itself upon another, and sh e will demonstrate her displeasure by arms, if necessary, * This essay was awarded the first prize of £15/15/- in

the United Nations Essay Competition in 1952. [Concluded on page 53)

LORETO

SOMBRE PERIODS IN CHURCH HISTORY

1. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS

One of the greatest bulwarks of the Catholic Church in the 18th Century in its struggle against Deism and atheism and the mocking attacks of the philosophers was the Society of J esus, founded in the 16th Century by St. Ignatius of Loyola. It had stemmed the tide of the Reformation. It had fought the battle against J ansenism and Gallicanism, and it had undertaken the education of the youth of the higher and the middle classes.

Macaulay, in his essay on the Popes, said of the J esuits : "Such was the enthusiasm of its members, that, in spite of oceans and deserts, of hunger and pes tilence, of spies and penal laws, of dungeons and racks, of gibbets and quartering blocks, Jesuits were found in every country. They were found in the depths of the P eruvian mines, at the marts of the African slave caravans, on the shores of the Spice I slands, in the observatories of China."

Lies and accusations of every kind were invented and spread around in France, Spain, Naples and Portugal against the J esuits. Voltaire himself said, " Once we have destroyed 1he Jesuits, that infamous thing (Christianity) will be easily dealt with."

The J esuits, after their famous missionary enterpri se in Paraguay, were banished from Portugal and its dominions by Pombal, the Portuguese "enlightened" minister , for, h e said , they were the cause of a revolt among the Indians.

The J esuits were likewise expelled from the other Bourbon dominions with great cruelty and disr egard for their priestly dignity. The Kings were mainly influenced by their "enlightened" ministers who realised what a power the Jesuits were to the Catholic Church.

The Bourbon Kings, having thrust the J esuits out of their kingdoms, then demanded that the Pope, Clement XIII, should suppress the Order in all the countries of the world. The Pope realised the importance of the Jesuits as defendants of the Church, and, before he died , h e wrote to Charles III (a Bourbon King), telling him of his admiration for the Society. " The body," h e declared, " was sound; the spirit it was animated with was a spirit of purity. Its institute was without r eproach."

Clement XIV, the successor of Clement XIII, was elected after a great deal of intrigue and after some of the Bourbons had exercised their veto. The Pope was a good man but did not have a strong will. Under pressure and in terror that the Bourbon

[Concluded from page 52] knowing that in doing so she is upholding one of the most ch erish ed principles of the United Nations Charter, that all nations, great and small, have equal rights. New Guinea, a vast sprawling mass of islands, has been committed to our care, and, with New Zealand, we are also r esponsible for Noumea.

Australia, as a member of the British Common-

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Pope signed, on June 8th, 1773, the "Dominus ac Redemptor" which abolished the Society of Jesus.

After the suppression of the Jesuits, atheism took the place of Deism. There were no longer good teachers for the middle and higher classes, and they, too, were influenced by the teachings of Voltaire and his followers. Of all the European monarch s, Catherine the Great alone allowed the J esuits to go unsuppressed and kept them in Russia because they were good teachers.

In 1814 the Society was r e-establish ed , mainly through the efforts of Blessed Joseph Pignatelli, S.J., and it still survives in every country and amongst people of every walk of life. The number of J esuits is now 25,000, 1,000 more than the number it was before the Order was suppressed.

FELICITY WAKEFIELD-KENT (Intermediate), Toorak.

2. PERSECUTION DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

At the beginning of the French R evolution , in the debates h eld for the purpose of obtaining redress of grievances, the more violent party won. Their attention was focu ssed on the wealth of Church property and a proposal to confisca te it was r eceived with great enthusiasm as the best way to pay off the nation's debts. A m easure was passed for the abolition of the vows of religion . The next step was the suppression of all monasteri es and convents, and the inmates were turned adrift on the world.

The Revolutionaries reduced the number of bishops and, instead of being appointed by th e Pope, it was decreed that they should be elec ted by the p eople. When the Pope protested, the papal territory of Avignon was seized. The clergy were then called upon to take an oath of loyalty to the revolutionary government by the "Constitution of the Clergy". The majority of the clergy were faithful to their Catholic principles and refused to take the oath. Those who r efused were called "Non-Jurors" and were deprived of their sees, or parishes and r eplaced by those who took the oath. The "Non­Jurors" were hunted down, deported and butchered by scores, without trial, drowned , shot, hanged on lamp posts.

The R eign of T error continued unabated for ten months. During that time, the King was executed in 1793. The Queen followed him to the guillotine later. Soon after, Princess Elizabeth, sister of the King, went to h er death and the King's son was left

wealth of Nations, and the United Nations, has a dual status in h er international r elations. But this does not occasion any conflict since both the British Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations, work with the one aim of " peace on earth to men of goodwill" .

JUDITH MURRAY (Matriculation Class), Toorak.

LORETO

to rot in soli tary confinement in one of the lower rooms of the Temple.

Hatred of Christianit y itself inspired the means adop ted for getting rid of the minister s of religion. In May, 1792, they were outlawed and banish ed and ordered to leave the country within a fortnight. Any discovered af ter that da te were deported. They were penned in old hulks, which were scuttl ed in the River Loire, by which means hundreds were drowned. They were sent in large batches to the guillotine or massacred wholesale in their prisons. Many more were subjected to the awful horrors of transportation to Cayenne. No vivid description of the horrors of slave ships can outdo the reality of what the French clergy had t o endure when, huddled together between decks, they were starved , insulted, tortured with thirst, and subjec ted lo every kind of moral anrl physical ago ny. \Vhole communities of r eli gious women were executed . While the U rsulines of Borrlcaux went to the scaffold they were chanting the "Salve Regina".

An attempt was made by· the Convention t o supplant Christianity itself. No marriage rites or Christian burials were tokrated. The Christi an

Calendar was replaced by the Revolutionary era , beginning September, 1792, and the week of seven days was changed to one of ten , so that Sundays. mi ght he eliminated. The great Gothic Cathedrals were turned into banquetin g hall s or T emples of Reason , and an actress of ill-fame was enthroned on the hi gh altar of th e Cathedral of Notre Dame as Goddess of Reason, and publicly received th e homage of thousands.

French troops entered Rome and took cap tive Pope Pius VI. H e was taken to Sardinia , th ence to Florence and finall y to France. There h e died in cap tivity in 1799. As Rome was in the hands of infidels, the Cardinals met at Venice to elec t Pope Pius VII. I s it any wonder that, in the 18th Century, the enemi es of the Church were boast ing that, at last, they had brought about her destruction? But the end was not ye t. " The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they hea t upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founder) on a rock", the rock of Peter.

ANN LITTLE (Intermediate Class), Toorak.

INTERESTS IN LITERATURE, ART AND MUSIC

1. THE RISE OF THE NOVEL

It was in the 18th Century that the English novel and newspaper arose. The novel had its roots in the character studies of Joseph Addison, in the journalistic stories of Daniel Defoe and in the satirical tales of Jonathan Swift. Swift was the author of "Th e Battle of the Books", " The Tale of a Tub" and "Gulliver's Travels". Defoe, the author of that immortal book, " Robinson Crusoe", was a prolific writer and wrote n ewspapers and pamphle ts with clearness and great vigouL Richard Steele began a paper , " The Tatler", in which, as I saac Beckerstaff, h e appealed by his criticisms of contemporary m en and manners, to the frequenters of the Coffee Houses. After a run of nearly two years, it suddenly ceased in January, 1711. In the following March , in partnership with Joseph Addison, he produced a daily paper, " The Spectator." This paper h elped, by its fi ctitious and humorous characterisation , to produce the novel.

From these beginnings came the ex traordinary work of four 18th Century British novelists-Samuel Richardson, " the sentimental, evangelical and somewhat priggish " author of " Pamela" and "Clarissa"; H enry Fielding, the acute and tolerant delinealor of contemporary manners, whose "Tom Jones" appeared in 1749; George Smollett, the caustic author of "Roderick Random" and '.'Humphrey Clinker"; and Lawrence Sterne, author of "Tristram Shandy".

These novelists form part of the r evolt of the latter 18th Century against Classicism and Intellectualism. Richardson's novels show emotion. We see in the novel also the lyric note, which is so appealing in the poetry of Burns and Blake-and

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the expression of individual personality. In '·The Vicar of Wakefield", Goldsmith r e turns to simpler and more primitive conditions of life, as h e <lid in "Th e Deser ted Village", where he describes th e parson and the village schoolmaster. This r evolt was to find its full expression in the 19th Century.

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JULIE D'ARCY (Intermediate) , Toorak.

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

Sir Joshua Reynolds was born in Plympton on July 16th, 1723. He was the son of a clergyman who was master of the Grammar School in Plympton. Joshua's father seems to have had no notion that his son was a genius.

Joshua was only twelve when h e first painted a portrait. This was the likeness of a tutor in Lord Edgecombe's family. A nei ghbour persuaded the father to apprentice Joshua to a London artist, named Hudson, a man of poor talent. Reynolds was happy for a time but Hudson soon became jealous and Reynolds, now nineteen, r e turned home and began to paint portraits of the officers and their wives.

He soon went abroad with one of the officers and, by painting oil pictures and selling them while on shore, he soon had enough money to study the great master s at Rome, Venice and Florence. While in Rome, Joshua fell down a precipice and inflicted injuries which marred his face for life. He also caught a cold which left him permanently deaf.

On his return to England, he set up a studio at the age of twenty-nine. W ealthy p eople crowded to the young painter's studio to have their portraits painted and Reynolds never afterwards knew the want of money. He had his younger sister , Frances,

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' to keep house for him and he never married. At thirty-four, Reynolds painted his first famous child study. He loved children and loved to paint them.

·when the Royal Academy was founded in 1768, Reynolds was elected its first president and, in the following year, he was knighted. It was as President of the Royal Academy that Reynolds delivered to the students that famous series of lectures on art which people still delight to read. When he was sixty-six his health failed. But he completed the great portrait of M!rs. Siddons as "The Tragic Muse".

. ANN WILK1NSON .(Intermediate), ' Toorak.

3. JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH

John Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach in 1685. His parents died soon after his birth and he was brought up by his brother, Christophe, an organist in a little village near Weimar. His brother, somewhat of a martinet, forbade the young enthusiast to use certain manuscripts, whereupon John copied them hy moonlight, thereby laying a partial foundation for the blindness with which he .was afflicted in later life. A choir position in Huneburg gave him access to a large musical library.

His violin _playing won ' him a post at Weimar, but, in 1704, he began his real career by becoming town organist at Arnstadt. · Ile r.emained here, with his twen.ty children, until his death .in 1750.

In 1747, his fame induced Frederick the Great to send him an invitation to come to Potsdam. This trip may have hastened Bach's last illness. His eyes were overtaxed by his engraving of the plates for the "Art of Fugue", which poverty forced him to do himself. Operations were succeeded by blindness; and a sudden return of sight was only a prelude to the fit of apoplfixy that killed him .

Recently, · the ' llach Society · collected his works, which included over fifty volumes. Among the organ works are nea,rly a score of long preludes and fugues, a few toccatas, many choral-preludes and .fantasias for the clavichord alone, and forty-eight preludes and fugus which are now suitable for the piano.

His works are built on the Contrapuntal system. Even in his most clearly melodious compositions, such as orchestral suites, there is some contrapuntal imitation. Bach was a master of rhythm. AU his pieces appeal to us by their clearness of accent.

MARGARET FINLAY (Intermediate), Toorak.

A TYPICAL SCHOOL DAY

It happened as I walked through the great School­ga tes. I had been pondering · on the question all yesterday and now, again on the way to School, how was I going to write an interesting article for the School annual on such a boring subject as "The typical school day".

The answer was given to me on the way to School: As I walked through the Schoo] gates I noticed

something different. St. Michael usually greets me, standing on his pedestal, going throught the actions of killing the devil. · Neither the devil nor he was there. I was amazed and took a step nearer, for where the statue should have been an enormous Birch stood, and beside it an old Elm. The path that should have forked at an angle away from the drive at the foot of the pedestal was not there either. I looked behind me to make certain-Yes, there were the gates, and on .my right was the grey stone Hall.

I was uneasy, but, on some impulse, kept walking forward across a large expanse of sweeping lawn towards where the Grotto should have stood with the Gully behind it. But now only great pines with their woodland scent st~>0d there. By this time I was really frightened, for I began to realise what had happened. Somehow, for some unknown reason I had kept on walking right into the past, and as if to complete the picture, I ·. saw a ·figure in the quainteet uniform tripping towards me, from a path out of the Gully. She wore a short blue tunic, and a black blazer with blue binding, her long legs .

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were covered with black stockings, and she. wore the quaintest and most old-fa!lhioned hat I have ever seen. It was a Panama, with a long ribbon of blue tied around it.

With a smile that said, "Hullo", she came forward and linked arms with me and started walking me towards the School.

"What are you looking so worried about?" She asked. Her voice seemed to come from a long way and yet quite clearly. She answered her question, "Oh! yes, that boring article on the typical School Day."

"To-day is· Friday. On Monday you finished that painting. On Tuesday the MaUieureuse Leaving class was in trouble, and Wednesday didn't you see that French Art Exhibition? 'Yes, and you had that Y.C.S. Evening last night, and yet you say your days are monotonous, and that the subject is boring." "But how do you know all this?" I asked. Her voice broke through my thol,lghts like an echo, but with an urgent tone, and with . a complete disregard for what I had been saying. "Do you see what I have been driving at?" she questioned. "There is always plenty to interest us, but we must be willin,,. to be interesterl."

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We had stopped at . the terrace steps. When 1 reached the top I looked back. The Grotto was where it should 'have been and so was St~ Michael.

PATRICIA EVES (Leaving Class), Toorak.

LORETO

THE SALT OF THE EARTH

Scatter ed here and there throughout the universe are two elements called sodium and chlorine, which are ver y fond of each other.

5odium is a curious, soft metal which can b e cut with a knife; it is very difficult to keep it pure. Chlorine is a coloured gas which m eans certain death if taken in an y quantity. It was the first of the poisonous gases u sed in the first World War. When sodium and chlorine unite they make a compound called sodium chloride, namely common salt. Man h as three ways of securing this salt- by evaporation from t h e sea water, by mining rock salt and by p um p ing brine out of the earth. All life is lived in water , and we may go a step farther than that and say all life is lived in salt water. Salt and other compounds of sodium arn found every.where.

The salt in the sea has been accumulatmg there for millions of year s. Every mountain and river worn down by rain since the earliest days of the earth's crust h as given the salt of its rocks to the oceans. Geologists h ave calculated that it must have taken many millions of years to produce all the sea s~lt. In South Australia on the peninsula are extensive and ever-increasing sch em es which brin g the sea wa ter on to the land. R ecently in its series, " This

A 1. " h B . b " C . M 'l" E xciting ustra ia , t e n s ane ouner a1 published a most informative article on this.

In Germany and Poland are deposits that have been pierced to the depth of four thousand f~et without reaching the bottom; in England, deposits of five hundred feet deep. In the Polish salt mines of Urelickza, galleries and tunnels have been hewn out for six ty-five miles in salt, sometimes more than a thousand feet beneath the surface. In fact there is a great underground salt city. A traveller who explored this truly white cit.y s~m~ Y.ears ago descr ibes " winding streets and dim scmullatmg alleys, pillared churches, diamon? and r~by staircases, r estaurants, railway stations, shrines, statues, monuments and a thousand other wonder s, all rough h ewn in the hard, sparkling rock salt crystals which, lit by electric lights, pine torches, magnesium flash es, or thousands of candles, fairly blaze like a wonder of p recious stones."

Salt is essential for health. In Holland one of the legal puni~hments u sed to be to depriv.e a man of salt, and deprivation of salt caused il~ness . In Sweden criminals had often to submit to the punishment of abstaining from salt fo~ a month . This often r esulted in illness and sometimes death. Those who eat raw meat require less salt than those who eat it cooked , for in cooking the natural salt in the m eat is dissolved and vegetarians n eed more salt because vegetables contain little . or ~10ne. Animals, too, need it, and many domestic ammals suffer from its lack.

Nowadays salt is cheap and common and we take it as a matter of course, not realizing its importance. In ancient times it was offered to the gods, and there were even wars waged to obtain salt springs. Even

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now the natives of Sierra Leone are willing to sell their wives and children for salt.

Salt is so important in maintaining the life of all earthly beings, that Our Lord's words of warning have a special m eaning for all of u s : "You are the salt of the earth, and if the salt lose its savour wherewith shall it be salted? "

ELIZABETH O'MAHONY (Sub-Junior) , Brisbane.

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT

Do you ever find life dull - depressing - miserable ? I was finding it just so, when I stopped to talk to our old famil y gardener. H e told m e this story: -

Once the oldes t inhabitant of a small country town was drinking at the bar. A stranger approach ed him and said: " I'm new h ere. What is this town like ?"

T o this the oldest inhabitant replied : " What is the town you come from like ?"

The stran ger made a w1·y face. " It was a dreadful place. Everyone was disagreeable, m ean and unco-operative. They were a sour crowd and I was glad to get away."

" Well, you' ll find this just the same." stated the oldes t inhabitant. · H e went on sipping his beer and the n ewcomer left the hotel. Then the oldest inhabitant observed a second stranger walk into the bar. He went up to the drinker and said: "You live here? "

The old man nodded an affirmative. " Then what is this place like? " h e inquired. " I've

just got a job here and I haven ' t looked around yet." The oldest inhabitant drank some more beer.

" What was the place you come from like ?" The stranger's face showed a r eminiscent smile.

" Oh, it was a wonderful place. Lovely people ! So ch eerful, pleasant and easy to get along with! I was dreadfully sorry to leave."

The oldest inhabitant smiled. "You'll find this just the same."

This story has a very clear lesson, for life is what we make it. If we smile and are pleasant, the same will be r eturned to u s, and a happy p er son is welcome anywhere.

But, as in everything, there is a time and a place for smiling. That person who goes around with a perpetual grin on his countenance, or giggling at the slightest provocation is not the p er son with whom people will smile. There are al so very bad times for smiling as I have learned from sad experience.

But, on the whole, a per son of a happy disposition is accepted and well-liked. If you are finding life miserable, maybe you should cross-examine yourself.

For as Shakespeare puts it: "The fault , dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

Claremont. JUDITH DALY-SMITH,

Sub-Leaving.

Sidelights CHESTER

My birth place, Chester in England, began as the home of early Britons situated on the banks of a river. When the Romans came, they saw the importance of the position, so they built a camp close to the river which they called Deva. All round this camp they built strong walls. Four gates, one on each of the North, South, East and West sides, made entrances. Those walls still stand and people walk around them. They are about one and a quarter miles long and are fairly high. The gates have gone now but the arches are still there. The main roads run through these into the modern town, the names are Northgate, Watergate, Eastgate and Forgate Streets. These last two streets form part of the old Roman road Watling Street. This camp was called Deva Castra, "camp on the Dee", and is now known as Chester.

Many other Roman remains are still Lo he seen, such as the baths and the ruins of an amphitheatre. These last ruins were dug up when Mummy's old Convent school had to sell part of their grounds to the council because they wanted to make a new road. After this discovery her school magazine was called the "Arena".

Chester was always a bastion against the Welsh and, some years later, a castle was built inside the walls close to the River Dee where a bridge carries a road into Wales. To-day this is the barracks of the city, for Chester is now the headquarters of the \Vestcrn Command. When England was converted to Christianity many churches were built. Ches ter has a beautiful Ca thedral built in the local red sandstone. It began as an Abbey for the daughter of the King in the Tenth Century and was added to through the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries until it b ecame one of England's most beautiful buildings. Another very old Church is St. J ohn's, built hy the Normans, and still in perfect condition.

CilC~ter was always a Royalist Lown. \Vhen CharJe3 I. saw his army defeated by the Roundheads it was from a tower on the walls of Chester. This lower, which is known as King Charles' Tower, now serves as a museum and overlooks the pretty canal which flows where the moat used to he.

Of interest to all people who visit Chester are the "Rows''. These are a double row of shops built one above the other. The top row is reached by steps' from the str eet, while the bottom row is partly below street level. These shops are mainly timbered build­ings and there are also many timbered Tudor and Elizabethan homes in Chester. One of these is "God's Providence Home", which is said to h e the only one th at escaped the plague. Besides these one can see Georgian homes and Victorian lrnilding;. like the Town Hall. In fact, I could go on t ellinl! you of many interesting places in Chester.

VALERIE WALSH (Grade VI), Marryatville.

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THE WRECK OF THE ADMELLA In the Botanical Gardens of Portland is housed a

lifeboat. One cannot see this without thinking of the tragic wreck of the Admella, and the pioneers who braved heavy seas to r escue a crowd of shipwrecked sufferers more than ninety years ago.

On Friday, the fifth of August, 1859, the Admella started out on her usual voyage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne. On board were eighty-two passengers and thirty-three sailors.

The weather was fine when the voyage began at five-thirty a.m. After passing through the narrow channel between Kangaroo Island and Cape Jervis, lightning flabhed over a disturbed ocean. As u sual at four o'clock the vessel was altered to south east. Cape Northumberland was expected to be in sight before daylight. Presuming that the ship was only thirteen miles off the land, this easterly was continued, but at full speed the ship was h eading for a group of the most dangerous r eefs on the coast.

It struck suddenly. On a sunken reef the vessel was exposed broadside on, to the irresistible force of the waves. Panic followed. With the screams of women and children, the shrill noise of the steam valve joined in the wailing cry of death. In less than a quarter of an hour the long hull of the Admella smashed into the sea. To the threeJ severed parts of the ship clung the desperate survivors, longing for the approach of day.

After hours of hoping and praying, morning came, and with it the passing view of the sister tradin g vessel of the ill-fated AdmeJJa. The signal could not attract it. ~Iany were drowned when the foremast crashed into the sea. Night came, and with it hope again. A ship gleamed upon the western waves. So close did it come that the throbbing of the engines could be heard. No signal could be given, so it passed on. The next day, Sunday, a raft was construc ted, and news of the wreck reached the mainland.

Lifeboats went out hut failed to find the wreck. Such a continual succession of hopes and fears, and chances of rescue had probably never happened to a ship before. The day proved fruitless. Wednesday, the fifth day of the wreck, opened with a stormy sea and a dark sky. All attempts to reach the wreck failed and the food was nearly exhausted.

On Friday "The Lady Bird" located the wreck. The sight of the cold, hungry sufferers was h ea rt1·ending. At nine o'clock the word was given. "J\'{an the boats". For hours the Portland lifeboat fought a battl e with the sea, hut the attempts failed , although three or four survivors were dispatched. The next day proved more fruitful , for when the lifeboats set out success followed and nineteen people wPre saved.

'·The Lady Bird" took her departure, with the triumphant. lifeboat i11 tow. Thal is the same lifeboat which has heen k ept in Portland as a souvenir of the bravery of the courageous men who manned her.

ANNE BOSTOCK, Portland.

LORETO

A CRY FOR MORE MISSIONERS

Three centuries ago, St. Francis Xavier was the first man who stepped on to the shores of Malacca and introduced the doctrines of the Church. H e saw at that period, the spread of Paganism and the strong beliefs of these people in magicians and strange medicine-men. \Vith de termination and great courage in facing the dreadful disease of the plague, St. Francis strove hard to achieve his goal-the conversion of pagans to the C:itholic Faith.

His work was successful and to-day more than a third of Malayans are staunch Catholics, but in some areas of Malaya there are many Pagans who still believe in their ancient devil-worship: THE MALAY MAGICIAN.

In a palm-leaf hut surrounded by sodden tracks with puddles, visible only by the fitful light of a torch a crowd of Malays silhouetted like huge birds, squatted in a verandah lit dimly by a shabby oil­lamp. Outside, raindrops were pattering down from angry black clouds. Inside, behind a curtain, was another gathering about a sick man recumbent on a mat.

With such a background, sat a shaman, a priest of the Malays' oldest r eligion at his work of diviner and healer. There h e squatted before a lighted candle, with an assistant who beat his drum with the palms of his hands and sang to the bea ts of his wild music.

Suddenly, the shaman threw rice grains again into the air and they fell on the floor with a rustle that swished like the skirts of invisible spirits. Then, holding stiffly a grass aspergillum in outstretched arms, the shaman fell into a trance, while Shiva, the god of the forest, spoke through · him with the voice of a ventriloquist that was audible in the darkest recesses of the hut.

A tree was felled as a sacred sacrifice for the sick man, as the irate Hindu god, now degraded by I slam to be an infidel djinn, demanded a sacrifice. On the next day, a model boat laden with fruits and flesh had to be sent afloat down the Perak River to appease this spectre for the Raja of Djinns. This was the only way a patient was saved from dying for his Bill.

YVONNE AU (Leaving) , Marryatville.

AWAKENED MEMORIES

UsualJy our evening " Lecture" at school is a time of relaxation and enjoyment for the boarders. We set aside our books for a welcome respite from study, to listen to the life of a saint, or a missionary priest. At present we are having the story of a Columban missionary in Burma.

H e tells us of the tragedy of those people who were in Burma immediately before, and during, the Second W or1d War: The constant fighting between Chinese, Burmese, Kachins; the lack of transport for fugitives; the starvation of those who were left

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behind; and those who died on the Burma Road in the attempt to walk out.

When I was forcibly brought back to these memories I thanked God that I had been a child when Burma felJ. For me, a child of six, the threa ts, "The Japs are coming," were just something that adults talk about.

The missionary',, story centres mainly around Lashio. I remember Lashio. For me it was a group of long, low bungalows, like army quarters. In these we Jived. There were trenches near the back of them and more in the front.

It was from Lashio that we caught the plane that took us to Calcutta. I'd never seen a plane so close before. We got in and waved good-bye to Dick de Silver, the man who had brought us there.

Three months later we were at Kurseong, a hill station near Darjeeling, in the North-east of India. Down terraces on one side of the house was a tea plantation. From an upstairs window one could sec Mt. Everest on a clear day. Whether my father was still alive we did not know. One day we h eard a knock; on the door. "It's Daddy !" I cried.

" How do you know? " my mother asked. " I can see him," I answered, staring at the firmly closed door. It was my father.

We lived in India for five yea rs. Calcutta and Bangalore were both " home" . . In 1947 the warning, " Get out, the Japs are comin g", changed into, " quit India." We did so.

\Ve have lived in Australia for six years now. H ere, I have been apt to complain that "nothing exciting ever happens"!

COLLEEN CARROLL (Leaving), Claremont.

THE BELLS OF LORETO In Prague is an old church. It is the church of

Loreto. It has stood there since the 16th century. Everyone in Prague knows the legend of the Bells of Loreto. We were told the following very interesting legend by a visitor from Czechoslovakia:

In Prague, near the church of Loreto, lived a poor widow. She had as many children as there were bells in the cariJlon of Loreto. The town of Prague was stricken by the plague, and many people were dying. One by one the children of the widow were struck down , and the mother went to the church and rang the death toll with one of the belJs. At the death of each child sh e always rang a different bell, until all the bells in the carillon had been rung. After the woman had lost all h er children, sho h erself felt iJI. When she was d ying she was sad and alone. There was no one left to ring a bell for her. At the moment of h er death the belJs pealed out, ringing the "Ave Maria"· for the first time in their history. The mother died saying, " It is my children who are calling m e". From that time, the hells of Loreto have always rung out the "Ave" at eventide. ·

. LORRAINE COLE (Sub-Leaving), Claremont.

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WHAT THE OLD GUM TREE SAW

As I stand h ere , proud and tall on the summit of the mountain with the city of Adelaide lying below me, I recall the first time I witnessed a native corroborcc. The natives, after painting their bodies ~ith brnised berries, danced silently to the eerie sound of their music. Suddenly they gave a loud shout, anrl jumped high into the air waving their spea rs. The m embers of the orchestra, painted like the dancers, sa t around in a circle, playing their instruments. The corroboree, as it was held at night, was p erformed around a huge fire in the centre of the circle. There were no women present.

These corroborees were not p erformed very often, for soon the white m en, the firs t settlers of South Australia, came and se ttled on the plains below m e. They planned a city with spaciou s parkland and wide stree ts, as it was to he the capital of the new colony. This city soon grew as more sP ttlers came out. · Towns grew up on the plains. Then tht• settl ers penc t1'ated the hills in which I stoorl , building towm, roarl s anrl railways. All through this hive of activity T remained undisturbed.

With horror I remember the bushfire, the terrifying monster which destroys trees so easil.y. During one very hot summer a bushfire starte~ 111

the scruh around m e. The fire soon was rapidly sweeping towards m e; as the ground was rich in vegetation I was frightened, for I knew how destructive a bushfire was. Then I felt the flam es li cking my trunk. But at that moment h eavy torrent s of rain fell. I was saved!

MARIE JONES (Second Year) , Marryatville.

THE KING TIDE

Once in about every seven years there is a ve:y big King Tide in the Northern waters of Austraha. The " low" of this tide only lasts an hour - or at the most two - and during this period things_ never revealed at any other time may b e seen. In the Bay at Broome one sees the hulks of the 'planes shot down by the ] aps during the war. As we were looking at the retrcatirig tide we thought of all that the wreckage meant, and thought, too, of the many Dutch people, men, women and children, who were killed in that air raid.

The King Tide has shown us also the wrecks of ships lost on this treacherous coast ... some h~ve perhaps been here for hundreds of years. In King George's Sound there is one part called "The Grave­yard," named thus on account of all the wrecks th~t have occurred there. Here, once in seven years, 1f you happen to be th ere at the exact time when the tide is at its lowest ebb you may see a strange ~ i~ht. Surrounded by the wreck s of many other ~ hips iE one that my father thinks may be that of an ancient Phoenician vessel of p erhaps over a thousand years ago. AU that can be seen of this i s a piece of the wooden hull and a trem endous wooden anchor, covered wi th seaweed and barnacles, ~tick­ing out of the grey mud.

People have often talked of going out just at this time and digging to sec whether there is any treasure hidden h ere; but the plaee is difficult to reach, and also dangerous, as th e t idc eomes hack very swiftly, and one could not do much diggin g in so short a time.

PATSY MILLER, Sub-Junior Class,

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LORETO CONVENT, NEDLANDS, W.A.

HEAD OF THE SCHOOL AND PREFECTS Left to right : P. Vickers, M. Talboys, M. Dudley (Head), M. Dwyer, M. MacDougal, B. Fountain, D. Hogg.

LEAVING, SUB-LEAVING AND JUNIOR CLASSES BACK ROW (left to right) :

P . Vickers. B. O 'Connor, D. Hogg, A. Melvin, E . Foley, C. Mackie, R. Harrington, H . Durack, V. Gutherie, J. M cClernon,

SECOND ROW: C. Howson, B. Sexton, T . Stewart, M. Dwyer, B. Fountain, M. MacDougal, M. Pannell, M. Talboys, D. Chatel, H. Pearson. FRONT ROW: P . Hickey, K. O 'Sullivan, M. Collins, J. Rowden, M. Dudley, M . Wallwork, J. MacComish, J. Fuller, R. Hanrahan.

SUB-JUNIOR AND FORM III BACK ROW: B. Cranfield, M. Fells, J. Levine, A. Furlong, D. Durack, D. Deary, M. L . Dudley, R. Carrig, A. Dudley, R . Carroll, A . Briggs. SECOND ROW: M . Rintoul, M. MacDonnell, J. Markey, H . Cogan, B. Allen, F. Ferguson, C. Daly-Smith, J. Clune, J . J effery, M . Holman. S .

MacKeown, J . Stewart, K . Dwyer. FRONT ROW: J. H ealy, M. Groessler, A. K. Ferguson, W . Keast, B. Coffey, P. Connor, N . Keogh, E . Johnson, C. Connell, C. Lowe, P.

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BACK ROW: J . MacDonnell, A. Cooper.

SECON D ROW: J. Miller, E. FRONT ROW: V. Colbert, R.

LORETO CONVENT, NEDLANDS, W.A.

FORMS I AND II A. Shea, L. Logan, E. Stephenson, D. Perman, A. Edgar, J. Preston, G. Angell, P . Hartfield, P . Membery

Cogan, R. Fogarty, W. Harrington, M. Durack, L. Durack, G. Slater, D . Whitely, C. Bodeker, J. Boyd. Ferguson, D. Healy, M. Joyce, S. Rider, R. Miller, J. Howson, K. Riley, J . Edwards, G. Fuller, M. Furlong.

CLASSES III AND IV BACK ROW: S. Franetovitch, E . Donnan, M. O 'Keefe, D. MacCarthy, E. Colli ns, M. Adams, A. Mac Mullen, C. Brophy, J. Brophy, J . Randell,

H . Stephenson, H. Briggs. SECON D ROW: C. Fountain, L. Crommelin, A. Sheridan, D. Epstein, J . Quin, D. Louthian, I. Briggs, A. C. Healy, B . Nicholls, T. Elliot,

P . Daly-Smith. FRONT ROW: E . Keast, P. Ferguson, D. O'Donnell, J. Bonser, P. Membery, E. Membery, P. Adam, P . Wrie:ht, S. Wells, E. Rudwick, P .

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Interesting A CONGRESS VISIT TO SYDNEY W ith Jill W ebb I was privileged to represent

Lore to Brisbane a t the National Eucharistic Congress in Sydney this year. W e stayed at Kirribilli , where we enjoyed , as every Loreto. gi.rl does, .. that fr iendliness and graciousn ess which 1s the sp1nt of Loreto. W e felt no strangeness at our first i1; t;oduction to Kirribilli , for we hail known many of the nuns in Br.isb.ane . . My first r eal view 'of the H~rbour was from

K irr ibilli. I believed then everythmg I heard of the Sydney Harbour. The view from. the tower is one of the loveliest and most extensive I have seen , revealing a large panorama of the harbour and a lovely aspect of the Bridge, as well as of the grounds of the convent i tself.

We had the opportunit y of seeing all these again by night, when on Monday ev~ning we went across the h arbour with the boarders m the ferry to see all th e Catholic buildings illuminated in honour of ~he Congress. Kirribilli was th; most. outstandmg building of all that we saw. fhe whiteness o.f the building responded admirably to the floodlights, which were at the bottom of the terraces, and shone up through the trees producing a really fa.iry-like effect . The amber-lit tower was part1cularl7 outstanding. In the city we saw first St. Marys Cathedral with its brilliantly illuminated Congress B €1 dges, and then St. Patrick's, which I think is one of th e loveliest church es I have seen.

We were fortunate in being able to attend two of th e 'lunch hour t alks at the University, after which wif saw over the University, St. John's College, and Sancta Sophia. W e were delighted with. the University, and amazed at the lovely ced.ar rn ?t. John's College which the pries ts are r estormg to its f~rmer beauty after it had been for a period under severa l coats of black varnish.

On. Thursda y we visited Normanhurst. I have known p eople who went there to school, and I have always longed to see it. The r eality exceeded my exp ecta tions and. we ?ad such a woi:iderful afternoon th ere tha t we left qmte late. The girls showed us all over the building and grounds and dormitories. We were impressed by the new clas~rooms and the beginnings of the chapel. I would love to. see the chapel comple_tecl as it proi:iises to ~e beaut1f1~l.

In th~ City ·we were particularly rnterested rn the Lay Apostolate Demonstration at the Trocadero. We arrived as the Cardinals left, so we were able to see them and then hear Bishop Heenan's address. H e spoke' essentially to youth and of the importance of Catholic Action in our lives.

On Sunday with the youngest boarders we watched the clim ax of the week , the procession in honou~ of the Blessed Sacrament. I saw many wonderful thmgs in Sydney, but the most moving spectacle I have ever witnesecd was that crowd of m en and women publicly declaring their fai~h, and adoring Jesu s Christ in the Blessed Eucharist.

PATRICIA O'SULLIVAN (Senior) , Brisbane.

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A PRESENTATION PARTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

The magnificent celebrations connected. with the crowning of our gracious young Queen , Ehzaheth II, bring to my mind a day which I will rem ember all m y life-a wonderful day, whe.n my sister and I were presented at Court. It was 111 nnd-l\~ay, <~ nd we spent many anxious moments wond~rrn g 1f the English summer would provide us. with a wet t'.r sunny p.ft ernoon. The weather was nnportant, for il was to be a Garden P arty Presentation.

We were luck y, for the dawn of our great day brought with it a breath of warmth. My siste r and I dressed ourselves in our new, sp ecial cloth es, and with grea t excitement watched my ~· ather p aste a large "sticker" on our highly polished Humber Snipe. This sticker was of an orange colour crossed in black, and on it was written: Buckingh am P alace.

One of the biggest thrill s of the clay was when my mother and father drove us through London and up the Mall to the Palace. AU the w~y alon ~ a p ath ·was cleared for u s, the traffic police seern g our stick er and waving us through. \Ve enjoyed thi ' immensely, and thought that this would be the only time we would have a free way throu gh London. Driving up the Mall we fell into a procession of Presentation cars- I counted seventeen Rolls Royces before I got tired !- and drove through into the inner square of the Palace. The door was opened and we stepped out, our names were asked and they preceded us, being called from one person to ano ther as we ascend ed the staircase and entered the State Rooms. There were three State Rooms, which were opened up into one another, and all those to he presented stood in a line around the walls.

After we had waited for some time, the Royal Party approach ed. First came our late loved King George VI with his Queen ; then Princess Mar gare t ; behind her came Princess Marie Louise ; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; and the Duchess of K ent. As the King came up to us, we made our curtsy. Slowly the procession moved round the room until every one had been presented. The King I shall always remember with his warm, kindly, under­standing smile, and his Queen with h er friendly, a.11-embracing smile. Princess Margare t looked petite and charming in a white broiderie anglaise frock, and the Duch ess of Kent was poised and beautiful. The Duchess of Gloucester seemed friendly and kind-hearted while the Duke every now and then broke forth 'into his delightful chuc~le. My heart was won by Princess Marie Louise ; sh e was so completely unaffected , fresh and fri endly; sh e announced to us that it was h er first Afternoon Presentation, too!

I returned home · that night much impressed, and with a feeling of deep loyalty and affection for the Royal Family.

COLETTE CHRISTIE (Matriculation), · Mary's Mount.

LORETO

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A MUSIC CAMP

The first Music Camp for students of orchestral instruments was held at Pt . . Lonsdale during the summer of 1948. Last January I attended the fourth J\fos ic Camp at Geelong Grammar School, which, like the first two camps, was directed by Professor John Bishop, Professor of Music at the Adelaide Conscrvatorium. The Camp lasted a fortnight. The aim of the National :Fitness Council in organizing these Music Camps is Lo foster a love of concerted playing, to show the importance of music as a part of society. and to bring young students and the finest inslrumental tutors together in close, friendly contact which is achieved by camp life. Among the well known p ersonalities who visited the camp were Mr. Lind ley Evans, the distinguished musician and composer, and Hepzibah Menuhin, who gave us a talk on the types of p eople one m eets.

1 arrived at Geelong Grammar School on Saturday, 17th Janua1·y, feeling a little nervous at the thought of meeting so many di stinguished musicians. Fortunately, I arrived early enough Lo choose my bed in one of the dormitories to which I was directed by my hostess.

Th is was my first experience of camp life, so I went down to dinner wondering just how formal it would be. I was soon put at my ease as Lhis first meal proved to be a very jovial one, as were all the others at camp. We sa t around big tables in the dining-room with one or two tutors at each table. About every second day our tables changed according to Lhe names on a slip of paper each student drew out of a bowl at Lhe entrance to the dining-room. The names were always musical terms.

Tho camp was officially opened on Sunday night by a coucert given in the Senior Dining Hall by the Victorian Symphony Orches tra, many of whose members were our tutors during the fortnight. There were two concerts every day: one at five o'clock, given always by students; the other at eight o'clock, given sometimes by students and at other times by tutors. . These concerts were held in the Music Hall. I was impressed by the beauty of this hall and I admired the eound-proof music cells adjoining it. Not being so talented as some of my fellow-students I was, for the greater part, an interes ted and appreciative listener at the daily concerts. It seems to me that music campers are of two types: those who intend to follow music as a career and those who are not so talented but enjoy good music.

Each morning we were rudely awakened by a Revei lle, a different composition played each morning by various students and tutors. The penance for being late for meals was to compose and sing a Grace on the spot.

According to the talents of each student, they were placed in one of the three orchestras. The mornings were occupied with orchestral rehearsals, tutorials and chamber music groups. These were under the help and guidance of the various tutors.

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After a compulsory rest, the afternoons were &ee for any type of sport, for which there were excellent facilities. Trips into Geelong were organized, and we had one delightful picnic to Point Lonsdale.

After tea we all enjoyed square dancing and folk dancing on the oval. We danced to piano accompaniment and the sports organiser directed the figures. Occasionally we saw some 16 m.m. films but there was not much time for pictures, for the day's programme was a full one and bed was welcome by 10 p.m.

When the camp broke up I left with a conviction that my future as a cellif)t was far from promising but with a deeper appreciation of ensemble playing.

NANETTE CRAMERI (Matriculation), Mary's Mount.

A MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN INDIA During the time that I lived in India I saw many

interesting sights even though I was not allowed to go out by myself as I do in Australia. One event I remember: it was a marriage of two Indians.

Just before dusk the girl is prepared for her wedding. She is dressed in a beautiful long robe embroide1·ed with silver or gold thread. The colour of the robe is beautiful. The girl's hair is dressed most skilfully and oiled to make it shine. Then precious j ewels are fastened in the hair and buckles of gold are put on to the shoes which are of the same material as the robe. A modern Indian girl may now use make-up, but many do not on their wedding day. Just before sh e leaves the house, she kneels for her mother's blessing. Then some rare perfume is spread on the doorstep, this is meant to bring happiness to the married life of the bridal pair. Her fiance takes her to the carriage. During the actual ceremony the priest puts a red dot on the b1·ide's forehead - setting her apart, as does a wedding ring in Christian marriages.

Outside the Temple relatives and friends wait for the newly-weds ·to come out. Then a long procession is formed. The bride and bridf'.groom are sea ted o_n one horse, the p.eople walking behind them carry hghted torches which cast dancing shadows on the narrow winding paths to the new home of the bride.

URSULA LORBEER,

Nedlands.

FROM THE ASSAM HILLS: It is a long journey from Calcutta-from 9.45 a.m. until 7 p.m.; by plane, .then four hours in a car. Shillong is a lovely place Ill the Assam Hills-fresh air and beautiful views .. T~ere are ten in our community; and our work .1s with the forty-eight young boarders (boys and girls) and the large day-school where the Junim: and Senior Cambridge end the course of secular sl~dies. Most of the boarders are tea-planters' children from the gardens in the hills. When they are old enough for a longer separation from their parents they leave India to complete their education ~n England or A~s.tralia-from our point of view: JUSt when our trammg has made something of them! · Loreto (l.B.V.M.), India.

LORETO

VISITORS TO LORETO CONVENT. HAPPY MEMORIES OF COUNTRY LIFE KIRRIBILLI

Among th e di stinguish ed visitors to our school during the week of the Eucharistic Congress were some lead ers of t h P Church in Ireland England ·rnd India. ' '

First came His Eminence Cardinal Gracias, of Bombay, the first Indian Pt•e]atc to be rai sed to the Sacred Co1lege of Cardinals"·. H e offered M.ass in our. Convent Chapel, and afterwards spoke w.1th the ch1ldren , many of whom had com e long distances to be present at his Mass. He has a warm an~ friendly smile and ? very attractive personality which commands attention wherever he goes. His Eminence speak s many languages, and has a p erfect command of English.

While he was in the garden overlooking the Harbour, the h ead of the School and Prefect s were presented to him, and some of those with cameras secured som e excellent snaps. His Eminence smiled cheerfully but then h e spoke seriously to u s and told us that it is the duty of all young women to endeavour to become very highly cultured and artistic with a love of everything that is heautiful and, lastly, deeply spiritual. . His F:minence ·s con~ersation was very simple and mtercstmg. H e descnbed to us som e of the Indian customs. As we watched him standing among u s, so tall, calm and dignified, we were all deeply impressed by this youngest of the Princes of the Church.

His visit was followed on the next morning by that of Bishop Heenan, of Leeds, who also came and offered Mass in our Convent Chapel. He is known throughout the world as " the Voice of Catholic Britain", and is famous for his broadcasting and for the organization of Missionary Campaigns in England. He was asked to organize the "Country's Mission" and he held a series of meetings to which Catholics were not admitted unless they were accompanied by a non­Catholic friend. These meetings were very popular and very successful and u sually overcrowded. We were very glad that he came to say Mass for u s.

A few da ys later Archbishop McQuaid came with his travelling companion, Monsignor Glennon, and both offered Mass in our Chapel. The Archbishop seemed to m e a very gentle and quiet man, but he is actually very popular and very powerful with the working classes and unions, and has been able to put an end to three strikes b y his personal appeals. He is a famous scholar, interested in all education problems, and devoted to youth. Monsignor Glennon, whose small nieces are pupils at Loreto, Kirribilli , was a long expected visitor. We were all delighted to see him.

These were some of our most distinguished visitors during the Congress. All are outstanding Prelates, and under their leadership the Church in India, England and Ireland moves forward hopefully to meet the future.

* See frontispiece.

LIBUSA DUBRA VCIC, (Fifth Year).

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1. WINNING A RIBBON It was 17th September, 1949, the Rock Show Day,

and we were all busy. My luck started when " Whyalla" won the bes t pony hack, and then I was declared the bes t girl ride r undPr ten .

Time slipped hy, and soon it was twelve G'clock. The man announced over I he 111 icrophone that a c?ampion ril~bon would be given for the bes t girl nder under sixteen. Only the winners of the riding classes were eligible.

At first I did not want Lo enter, but Mummy said I should. I was quite sure I could not surpass girls of fifteen when I was only nine. Mummy at last persuaded m e to enter, and I rode around until the judge called us in and then sent each one separately to do the figure-of-eight and the flying change. My turn came, and luckily "Whyalla" changed properly. After that everyone was sent out except my sister and me. We were made to canter around in a ring until one of u s made a mistake, becau se the judge could not separate us. After about ten m~nutes Anne's horse sta rted to pull and she stood up m the stirrups trying to hold him. The judge then called us in , and gave m e the ribbon.

JENNIFER MONTAGUE (First Year) , Toorak.

2. A HOLIDAY With a rattling of the s teel rails our car swept

over the cattle-guard and up the short driveway to the farm house. The scen e, which was to b ecome so familiar to u s during the next week, promised some interesting activities. Straight in front was a small hill, and the farmhouse was to the right. Beyond were the sh eds and the chicken-coop.

As I got out of the car I heard a swish at my feet , then two huge paws were planted firml y on my back . At this juncture my aunt came out of the house and welcomed u s, after speaking severely to D'arcy, who had reluctantly come down off my back, and was contenting himself with licking m y hand.

So began a most delightful holiday. The days flew past, filled with exciting events. W e worked vigorously, shovelling gravel into the truck for the drive; rounding up sheep for conveyance to the abattoirs, and m ending diversion banks. Once we went several miles in the truck to cart grass hay. Mr. Moore, the brother of our host, stood on top of the great stack of hay, throwing big bales down to us, and we stacked them ne atly. At the finish the load of hay was higher than the cabin of the truck. W e perched precariously on the top of the stack during the drive home.

The climax of our trip occurred on the last day when we went to the clay-pigeon shoot at Seymour, where we spent an enjoyable afternoon watching, fascinated, as the clay pigeons were shot down one by one by skilful riflemen.

SUZANNE LOFTUS-HILLS (Sub-Intermediate), Loreto, Toorak.

LORETO, MARRY ATVI LLE, S.A.

PREFECTS FRO NT R OW: A. Scantlebury, J . Kennedy, J. Bennett, S. Lahiff, P . Arend. BACK ROW: Y. Au, C. O 'Donnell, H . Devitt (Head of the School), A. Heffernan, J. Dobson.

PAQUITA GREENSLADE. Winner of Schoolgirls' Championship, 1953 (South Australian Lawn Tennis Association) ,

SECOND YEAR CLASS FRONT R OW: A. Pick, A. Rober tson, N. Phillips, E. Moloney, J. Dobson, A. Heffernan, H. McCarthy, A. Lonergan, B. Clarkson, M.

Spain, M. Matthews. SECO ND ROW: P. Russo, G. Dowling, L . Rech, A. Mallon, J . Mcinnes, B . Kennedy, K. Swane, M. Devitt, J . Mulqueen, B. Turner, K.

Crispe, M. Jones. THIRD R O W : E. Dupuy, F . Kildea, M. Sykes, C. McAuley, P . Clota, D. Lahiff, J. Arend, P. Shanahan, M. Woods, J. Meldrum. BACK R O W : M. Honner, B. Dobson, M. Roachock, H . Smith, B. Gee, A. Heggie, A. Power, A. Isen•tein, R. Kenny. ABSENT : E. Travers.

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LORETO, MARRYATVILLE, S.A.

INSET: The new balcony. GRADE VII AND FIRST YEAR

FRONT ROW : R. Isenstein, J. Fitzgerald, P. Pridham, A. Angove, P. Brazel, H. Doherty, R. Power, C. Moriarty. SECOND ROW : J . Armstrong, H. McCarthy, M. Naulty, E . Neagle, M. Lonergan, W . Springbett, B. Brown, S. Parish, S. Scantlebury, J .

Fisher, C. Doyle, J. Sands. THIRD ROW : J . Phelan, J. English, M. Mcinnes, N. Hogan, A. McEwen, T . Jungfer, M. Gulotta, M. Cameron, A . Kennare, A.

Halloran, M. Beerworth, J . Brady, B. Kennedy, D . O'Loghlin. FOURTH ROW : C. Mahar, H . Pick, P . Smith, A . Lawrie, J . Tyler, W . Jones, J . Sykes, J . Stott, S. Gun, D . Milaknis, R. Green. BACK ROW : I. Laing, M . Foster, G. Pick, A. Koerner, S. Vrakititsis, J , James, M. Moriarty, J. Hoffman.

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BOYS

FRONT ROW: P. Holdcroft, J. Mul­doon, K. Johnson, M. Joseph, C. Johnson, P. Rofe, T. Anderson.

SECOND ROW: J. Corcoran, B. Atkinson, M. Kelly, P . Kennedy.

THIRD ROW: A. Rice, R. Crawford, B. Riches, B. Moore, J . Mansfield, A. O ak es, D. King.

FOURTH ROW: G. Rich, J . Rolli­son, R . Gordon, ] . Morgan.

BACK ROW : D. Armstrong, K. Wil­son, C. Hamlin, J . Woods, J . Doyle.

LORETO, MARRYATVILLE, S.A.

GRADES V AND VI (See photo at bottom of page 66)

GRADES III AND IV

FRONT ROW: P. Reilly, Y. Bazzica, H. Naulty, P . Upton, C. King, S. Prince, A . Riches, P. Fried.

SECOND ROW: M. Edge, B. Bar­tels, E. O'Brien, P. Maynard, C. Ryder, M. Madiga n, A. Rega n, S. Doherty, M. Gordon, J. Monks, M. Forsyth.

THIRD ROW: A. McCusker, P. Mc­Laughlin, S. Perry, Y. Spencer, C. Abbou, C. Connolly, C. Goldie, R. Ri chards.

FOURTH ROW: M. Rolli so n, H. Power, A . Morcom, M. McNamara, J. Stack, L . Tucker, S. Rich, K. Prescott, M. Texter.

BACK ROW : M. Glynn, C. Walsh, C. Sullivan, A. Siebert, W . Dzierucho, I. Glass, P. Stacey, J . Britten Jones, R. Hall.

PREPARATORY, GRADES I AND II, GIRLS

FRONT ROW: J . Oakes, A. Pack­ham, R. Cappelluti, J. Wal sh, R. Hoga n, T . Jordan, C. Kiley, G. Sowden.

SECOND ROW: E. Perdelwitz, M. Brady, G. Mill, F. George, V. Ab­bott, H . Campbell, J. Fried, B. Mead, E. Doherty, C. McCarthy.

THIRD ROW: S. Byrne, L. Jones, A. Kelly, C. Whitford, R. Tyler, Y. Buckley, A. Baulderstone, P . Young.

FOURTH ROW: C. Abbott, M. Siebert, L. Rich, T . Griff, C. Shan­non, N . Burdon, V . Angove, E. Matiukas, M. Brazzale, M. King, C. Wahlquist, M. Beach, S. Cashmore.

BACK ROW: P. Lane, S. Springbett, F. O'Loghlin, P. Turnbull, J. John­ston, G. Ward, M. McClure, P. Madigan, S. Butler, D. Webb, P. Ryan, M. Murray.

ABSENT : B. Mcinnes.

FRONT ROW : E. Walquist, M. Doyle, G. Thyer, H . Shannon, H . Kennedy, B. Prescott, J. Cashmore, M. Mackie-Smith, R. Higgi ns, D. Rofe, P. Upton.

SECOND ROW: H. Joseph, G. Hamelin, A. M. Walsh, L . Hanna, S.Steer, G. Treloar, E. Richards, W. Gunso n, J . Green, J. Lucirno, B . Tanner, J . Martin, L. Re ch.

THIRD ROW : A. McCarthy, L. Fielder, V . Walsh, A. Krause, V . Tursky, E. W ebb, E. Woods, V . M. Curtin, R. Moore, J. Glynn , J . Brooks, M. Jago, S. Tunbridge.

FOURTH ROW: M. Doherty, S. Smith, P . Richards, J . Fitzgerald, R. Glynn, M. Keene, C. Dalgleish, C. Murphy, M. Bau!derstone, P Vail, M. Moriarty, S. Milaknis.

BACK ROW: S. Pierce, L. Moore , A . Banks, C. RobertS';n, R. Doran, 0 . Tursky, M. Bennett, A. Mclnerney, P . Lonergan, E . Culshaw.

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Overseas Contributions LORETO ABBEY, RATHFARNHAM, DUBLIN

Loreto Games' League: First Senior XI Hockey, Winners of Shield, 1953, Loreto Abbey (l.B.V.M.), R athfarnham, Dublin.

Kindergarten: Beaufort High School (Loreto: l.B.V.M.), Dublin.

THE LATE REVEREND MOTHER GERTRUDE KENNEDY

The death of Rev. Mother Gertrude at Loreto Abbey (l.B.V.M.), Rathfarnham, Dublin, removed from the earthly scene a very good friend of the Australian Province. She held the office of Superior­General of the Irish Branch of the I.B.V.M. from 1935 to 1947, u sing her gifts of prudent administra­tion and sympathetic insight in governing the several provinces under her care.

The Australian nuns who travelled overseas during her term of office have kept pleasant memories of her interest in everything concerning the Institute in Australia. It was a regret in this province that she was unable because of delicate health to make the long journey to us.

The account of her death on the feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel (26th April, 1953) gave us a glimpse of the spirit that remained undimmed in

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spite of the weakening burden of age. Two days before her death she had a visit from her cousin, Father King, SJ. Her comment that evening was: "I had a lovely spiritual talk with him." The next evening was the eve of the sixty - fourth anniversary of her Profession, and her devoted companion, Mother M. Philip Neri Ahern, said with her the hymn of Our Lady of Good Counsel whose feast was on the morrow. She died that morning.

Her words during the few days of her illness were mostly the expression of her devoted life as her heart showed some of the treasures she had gathered from the Scriptures. Among them were Our Lord's words to those who have grace to heed: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God." May the soul of our dear Mother Gertrude rest in the peace of that Kingdom.

PAST AND PRESENT IN THE l.B.V.M.

In the garden of the Bar Convent (l.B.V.M.). York : Lime trees planted between 1720 and 1740 by Fr. Ralph Cavendish, S.J. The picture was taken in 1820, and shows nuns and pupils saying the

rosary.

Two members of the I.B.V.M. from Loretto Abbey, Toronto, Canada, speaking with the Holy Father in 1952 while they were on an

educational tour.

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LORETO

MAU MAU IN KENYA

Barely a fortnight ago we were evacuated from Limuru and Kiambu into Nairobi, when the Government ordered the evacuation of all nuns at missions in the native reserves in that part of Kenya. What is to become of our dear flourishing mission at Kiamhu, where we were training native girls to be teachers? Their one ambition ha s been to help to educate their fellow Africans. God grant they are ready to deal with this terrible evil that has come into their lives ! All we know of the mission at present is that it is giving shelter to 800 Africans who have collected there, as well as to one hundred and fifty Home Guards (Africans). Our teacher, Modesti, and our school inspector, Luka, say that they are No. 1 on the Mau Mau death list; and in this uncertainty they live each day. The African Christians are showing the fine results of their mission training, now that the anti-Christian spirit of Mau Mau has openly shown itself.

The accompanying map shows something of the geography of Kenya, which is, as you know, a British Crown Colony, made up of many distinct racial groups. The last census ( 1945) shows:

Africans, 4! millions, made up of tribes; the Kikuyu (among whom we work at Kiambu) are the largest group, numbering one million. Indians, 61,866; Europeans, 33,678; Arabs, 21,4°81-and others.

The map shows only the Central Province of Kenya. Natives from Kiambu and Nyeri were the first to rally to the call of the Mau Mau leader, Jomo Kenyatta. Even as recently as May, 1952, no one had h eard of the movement. And it is here that we find, as is so often, that Catholic missionaries are the best guides of both Europeans and Natives in mission countries. The first voice to he raised in Kenya, warning Africans against the secret and anti-Christian society of Mau Mau, was the voice of the Italian missionary, Bishop Cavallero of Nyeri. That was in May, 1952, when daring robberies were taking place in Nairobi, the object being, as we now know, to obtain money and firearms for Mau Mau activities which were being planned.

In June, Brother Claver Fernandez, of the Holy Ghost Fathers' mission at Kiambu, was attacked one night by two Africans and nearly killed by pangas (a panga is an iron blade u sed for digging and cutting wood). His screams aroused the Fathers of the mission who came to his rescue. His assailants were never found, and it never became certain what was the object of attack. As the Mission is not far from ours, we felt by no means safe.

In August an attack was made on a Mission in Nyeri where money and property was stolen; the mysterious robbers were becoming bolder. News was now circulating that an oath was being administered among Africans who were forced to take it, refusal meaning death or severe ill-treatment. The excitement of a cult was running through the native reserves where hymns and prayers were being circulated with Jomo Kenyatta's name in the place

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of the name of Christ. Holy pictures and statues were being desecrated, one example being at an Anglican church where a dead goat was placed on the altar; It was then that Bishop McCarthy, C.S.Sp., of the Zanzibar vicariate, and Bishop Cavallero, of Nyeri, issued a document which was read in all Catholic churches, denouncing Mau Mau as a secret society condemned by the Church; and because it was a society that was anti-Christian and subversive of law and order, Catholics were warned that if they took the oath they would be excommunicated. The document also declared that violence and bloodshed were not the means to be used for redress of grievances, which the Bishops said they knew to be real. Among these grievances were named: the native need for more and. better land, increase in wages, improvement in iiving conditions and educational facilities. This was the

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first stand taken against Mau Mau by any authority in K en ya, and the Bishops' document was given prominence in the secular newspaper, the East A / rican StaJidard. African Christians were relieved at the firm stand taken by the Church, as they knew now where they stood and on what side to attach them selves. The majority of African Christians have r emained loyal to the Government and are bravely opposing Mau Mau. It is not claiming_ too much for the Catholic Missions to say that they thus have p erformed a work which the colonial Government seemed incapable of dealing with.

In September, as if to counter the stand taken against them, Mau Mau became bolder, attacking European farm s and murdering loyal Africans who refused to take the oath. The arrival in K enya of the new Governor, Sir Evelyn Baring, set going a state of emergency by which the police were given greater powers, and the Kenya regiment rush ed up from the coast. If the patrols caused a diminution in the attacks in towns and villages they did not prevent murde,rs of Europeans on isolated farms. Many of these were reported in overseas newspapers; and you will have read the r eport of the murder of Mr. Meikle john, who, with his wife, Dr. Meiklejohn, lived in a country place. She was most h eroic, dashing, while severely wounded, for the police. What a terrible drive she had! Other murders of European settler s roused that population to a frenzy, and hundreds gathered at Government House in Nairobi, demanding improved protec tive measures. Two regiments were sent out from England, and, as we knew that opinion there was forming against European settlers, Mr. Blundell, the leader of European se ttler s in this colony, went to England to hold meetings and have talks to spread the " truth about K enya" . But it was the horrible massacre of helpless African women and children at the village of Lari that did more than anything to show the p eople in England the evil of Mau Mau who so ruthlessly slaughtered and mutilated a whole village population of their own people!

Before we left Kiambu, Fr. Fullen, C.S.Sp., ask ed us for prayers for nine Kikuyu, Mau Mau m embers, who had been condemned to death for the murder of some Africans. While they were awaiting trial, Fr. Fullen often visited them in prison in Nairobi and gave them a course of instruction in the Faith. Two of the nine were lapsed Catholics, but the others were pagans. As the murders "had taken place at Nyeri all were to be hanged there. That night they were housed in a corrugated iron room. Early in the morning of the execution when the guards came to handcuff them a dreadful commotion took place. They became violent, defied the police and almost shook the place down. On h earing the uproar other police and soldier s collected outside, at some distance, but could do nothing to calm the unfortunate prisoners, whom nobody dared approach. They then called for a priest. An African priest, who happened to be present, drew near , but they wouldn't have him, only the European priest who had been so

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kind to them in Nairobi. Fr. Fullen approached unafraid, though he was warned by the police he would be killed. But the prisoner s shouted out: "We don't want to kill him; we want to he baptised". He baptised them. All nine became m eek as lambs and in Father Fullen's words, "They died on the gallows like sain ts".

M. DOROTHEA ATKINS, I.B.V.M .. (of the Kiambu Mission)

IRISH HERO-PRIEST IN KENYA: Father P. McGill, of Our Lady of Fatima Mission at Kiriku, has now escaped three Mau Mau attempts to kill him. Though the t errorists have sworn to murder Fr. McGill for his r ep eated denunciations of their crimes, h e refuses to leave the miss ion. Speaking of the Kikuyu Christians and of his de termination to stand by them, Fr. McGill declares : "Although outnumbered by many thousands to one, they will lay clown their lives rather than succumb to the evils of Mau Mau. If I am killed I know that m y work will go on and that I shall leave behind a faith in the way of Christ which transcends all evil and which will eventually prevail." At the Mission there is an all-night prayer vigil on the eve of the First Saturday of each month, in honour of Our Lady. Loreto Convent, M.D.

Nairobi, Kenya.

GUNS AND HOLSTERS: Because of the Mau Mau we have six armed Ascari (African Police) on guard all night here at our convent; and during the day and night police patrols come at regular intervals. It is an anxious time when the children are h ere; the boarders return from their Easter holidays next week. Parents in Uganda and Tanganyika, where there are no European secondary schools, are keeping their children at home n ext term rather than send them to K enya where everything is so uncertain. The sight of women wearing holster and gun h as become so much the normal thing that we take them as a matter of course . . The Europeans are all alert now to protect them selves. The very time when there is a lull in Mau Mau activity is the time to beware, lest p eople cease to he watchful.

M. HYACINTH,•· I.B.V.M. Loreto Convent (European boarding-school),

Msongeri, Nairobi, 20/4/'53. * Sister of Father Barden, S.J ., of St. Aloysius College,

Sydney.

HEAVENLY GREETING: Having explained the phrases in the Lord's Prayer to the Infants, their teacher, Mother M-, after a lapse of a week, asked for explanations : " What do we mean when we say, 'Hallowed be Thy Name' ?" Various fantastic answers. Then one little girl explained sweetly and reverently: "Well, Mother, when we say good­morning to anyone, we often say, 'Hullo'. And when we say good-morning to God, we say, 'Hulloed be Thy Name'."

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THE NATIVE SISTERHOOD AT LORETO (l.B.V.M.) MISSION, GLEN COWIE

One of the most interesting Novitiates connected with Loreto (it can hardly be called a Loreto Novitiate) is that centre of fervour in a plain little convent out on a high veldt in the Transvaal (South Africa) eighty miles from the nearest small town. There, at Glen Cowie, is a large missionary farm run by German Missionaries- Priests and Brothers­belonging to the Order, the Sons of the Sacred Heart. It was in 1929 that Loreto first came into contact with this enterprise, when a group of nuns from Pretoria went to Glen Cowie, at the invitation of the Missionary Priests, to take charge of the training of the Native girls of the Mission.••

The work of the nuns has been so successful and their influence on the Native girls so beneficial , that, among these girls, there are now several religious vocations. His Lordship Bishop Riegler, who has charge of the diocese where Glen Cowie is situated, wisely decided that a Native Sisterhood was the only satisfactory answer to the aspirations of

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these generous girls wishing to dedicate their lives to God and to work for the conversion and happiness of their fellow-Africans. Thus was formed the Sisterhood known as the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In 1948, at the Bishop's request, our Mother Provincial opened a novitiate for the first two postulants who, after receiving the habit as novices, were joined by a third. (We see them in the first of the above photographs with Mother Provincial and their Mistress of Novices, Mother M. Cons.iglio Ryan.) As we see by the other pictures the numbers have increased.

At present the Mother Provincial of Loreto Convents in South Africa is the Superior-General of the Native Sisters who - it is hoped - will eventually provide their own local Superiors in the small convents that will be establish ed in entirely Native districts.

The Native seminary student whom we see in one of the groups was ordained a few months ago. He was brought up on the Glen Cowie mission and, as Father Lapaka, is now teaching-at least for the time being-in the new secondary Native school in "Maria Trost", the central station of the Missionary Fathers (the Sons of the Sacred Heart).

The Native Sisterhood, being trained by the Loreto nuns in Glen Cowie, deserve our prayers and loving interest. The Native African Sisters will have a great responsibility for it is they, and they alone (working, of course, in co-operation with Native priests), who will have most influence with the pagans of South Africa. Let u s remember them every morning at our Holy Mass, for Our Lord expects us to h elp them by our prayers.

Pretoria. LORETO (l.B.V.M.)

[* An account of the Loreto Native Mission at Glen Cowie appeared in the 1951 issue of our magazine.-Ed.]

THE I.B.V.M. IN CHILE. SOUTH AMERICA As I write this, it is December 23, 1952. The last

exams are over, our boarders have gone home, and we are free to enjoy our holidays. This morning I climbed up to the terrace on the third floor of our new school, with a delightful feeling of freedom as I caught glimpses of the Pacific. From the terrace we have a glorious view of that mighty ocean which breaks in long waves on our coast and on the open coast of Eastern Australia. Our convent is situated on the slope of the coastal branch of the Cordillera, the foothills of the Andes. Up here on the terrace of our house, high above the humming noise of the town, I feel the pulse of this commercial centre with its pressure of work and traffic. But I turn my face towards the blue expanse of mighty ocean, and my thoughts go to Australia to the convents of the l.B.V.M. where Mary Ward's daughters are engaged in the same apostolate as has brought her Institute to Chile: to spread God's love among those who might otherwise never hear of Him.

Strictly speaking, Chile is not a missionary field; at least, it should not be, but, alas, it is. And this in spite of its history as a Catholic country. Something has indeed gone wrong. It is now the sowing ground of every religious sect under the sun. Our nearest town, Mejillones, 63 km. from here, is literally priestless. The Presbyterians attract the people with their new electric organ and a famous baritone in broadcasts and evening concerts, while the Cathedral has no choir except for the occasional singing of the choir from our school. Indeed it is part of our apostolate to supply liturgical music in various churches. At one time our girls sang in three churches on Sundays.

We made our foundation here from Bavaria at the end of 1934, and still have the only convent school in the town which has a population of about 60,000. There is one Catholic College for boys-it is conducted by the Jesuits. Both schools are supervised by the State, and the examiners who come to take the yearly terminals are chiefly Masons. I shall not expatiate on the resulting conflicts. But we have a big, happy school: seventy-five

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boarders on a roll call of seven hundred. You may call them all Chileans, but their forbears (either recent or remote) were Bolivians, Argentines, Spaniards, Italians, French, Greeks, Yugoslavs, Germans, English, North Americans, Arabs, Chinese, Japanese. We find them very different from the German students "in our homeland. Still, they do very well in their examinations. Twelve of our nuns are on the teaching staff, and we have ten secular teachers. Six devoted domestic Sisters keep the house running smoothly.

An tofagasta is on the edge of the desert lands of North Chile. (You can even see the desert hill behind the girls in the picture at the beach.)* But this rich industrial area is attracting more and more people from Europe. One of the most hopeful signs that the souls of these people are to be helped is the new seminary that is being built for the training of priests. The Canadian Fathers of the Order of Mary Immaculate (0.MJ.I.) are in charge.

Our house in Santiago, the beautiful capital city of Chile, was founded in 1937. It is the Mother­house for Chile, and the college there goes ahead visibly every year. It is like a different world down there in that lovely fertile valley. You can reach it in less than four hours by plane from Antofagasta; though by train it is a tiresome journey of fifty hours. We are building up good colleges in our other foundations also: I refer to our Houses at San Carlos and Chillan. In Concepcion in 1938 we took over the direction of a hospital for poor children. Not only do our nuns nurse them; they also give them religious instruction and prepare them for their First Communion. So you see, your Sisters have made good use of the opportunities offering to them since their arrival in Chile less than twenty years ago. May our dear Foundress, Mary Ward, keep us all working in God's love.

-M.

(l.V.B.M., Antofagasta, Chile.) * The other picture shows a group formed of prize­

winners from several classes.

LORETO CONVENT (l. B.V.M.) I LUCKNOW

The small daughter of the Rajah Baksh Singh reluctantly accepts a bunny rabbit for her prize

instead of the silver cup she asked for.

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1 TOP: The Convent . . I

MIDDLE LEFT : The March Past on Sports Day, 1952.

MIDDLE RIGHT: The Rajaypal Munshi, trophy.

Governor, Sri presents the

At a school concert. The outgoing Governor, Sir Homi Modi, is next to Mother Superior.

LORETO

TRIBUTE FROM AN INDIAN GOVERNOR

Of the Colleges and schools of the U.P., those run according to English traditions set an infinitely higher standard in sports and soc ial gatherings [than Indian Schools]. During the Sports gathering at the Loreto Convent School girls from 8 to 16 years march ed past in a manner which trained soldier s might envy. It was a delight to see shapely little leg5 moving forward from flapping blue skirts with clocklike r egularity. Their owners bore themselves erect and their fresh bright faces were flu sh ed with joyous enthusiasm. Such fun ctions disclose a marvellous time sen se . . . The annual function is the tes t of the cultural atmosphere of the Institution.

[Extract from a letter published in the magazine section of the Pioneer of 1st December, 1952. The writer is the Governor of the United Provinc·es, India, Sri Rajaypal Munshi, who was present at the sports at Loreto Convent, Lucknow, on 7th November. The Pioneer is the leading secular paper in U.P. See picture on page 74.]

UNTOUCHABLE - EXCEPT TO GOD The photograph I send yo u shows two of u s with

Hira and his siste r- both, by cast e (or lack of it ), untouchable.* " Hira" m ea ns "d iamond"; hut an ything less jewel-like in appearance or worldly value it would be hard to find . He is our chief sweeper, thi s poor diamond.

One da y, not long ago, I was superintendin g his sweeping and swabbing; exaspera tion seized m e after watching him for a half-an-hour, and I tolrl him what I !hought of him in the m a tter of work and cleanliness. A few da ys l a ter , Mother M. Francesca and I wer e at the Cathedral for the First Communion of a group of Indian children from our poor school at St. Agnes'. We were surprised to see adults filling the benches near us. I h eard Mother give a soft exclamation , and , looking up, I saw Hira , as unprepossessing in appearance as ever, takin g his place in the front b ench opposite u s. On his old coat was pinned a white silk ribbon with a First Communion m edal.

At that instant his eye fell on Mother, and h e was ovei·come with embarrassm ent and sham e. What Untouchable ever dared to sit so near his mistreso! Further, he had no leave of absence. H e should have been home sweeping drains-and here she finds him daring to sit in a front bench claiming the privil eges of a Child of God! H e hung his h ead and seemed as if rooted to the spot in his shame. The Catechist, marshalling the grou1) of adult First Communicants, nudged him in vain. Hira was too overcom e by abasement to h eed him. But as Mass bega n, we noticed to our reli ef and joy that Hira forgot our existence, so engrossed was he in the praying of the Mass. Then cam e th e moment of Holy Communion , and we wer e filled with awe to sec .Hira's glory and God 's lowliness. God had com e in to th e h eart of Hi s dear untouchable.

I winced a t th e thought of the scolding I had ~IT.en that lowly ipefficient sweeper , only a few da ys earlier. How was I to know that God was

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walking intimately with the man scrubbing at m y fee t ; and that the Holy Spirit was leading him " unto the altar of God" ? Hira lives surrounded b y pagans; h e needs you r prayers. Please pay special atten tion to this lowly untouchable.

-M.P. Loreto I.B.V.M., Lucknow.

[':' In India, the untouchables, of whom there are some millions, form the lowest stratum of society. You feel th eir tragic position even in their name.-Ed.]

MUSIC ON FOUR PIANOS : You will forgive m e for not wri ting when you know we arc preparing for two concerts-one, purely musical, for Mother Provincial's feast on May 26; the other, a play, "Saint Thomas :More", in which there is music and several songs and dances, is on the 28th May. The Archbish op of Calcutta, His Grace Dr. P erier , S.J ., is to be present. One of the main offerings in the first concert is the music played on four pianos b y eight gi rls; it takes some teaching and rehearsing! They a rc pla ying "Valse Carnivalesque" by Chaminade, " Les Noces Figaro" b y Mozart, and "Sunset Melody" hv Vincent. \Vith these the harmonium wi ll he pi ayed hehi11d the scen es b y one of us. Loreto Convent, M.J.A. (I.B .V.M.)

Darjeeling, India.

Top Right:

INTERMEDIATE CLASS

Bottom Right:

LEAVING CERTIFICATE CLASS

LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC.

Centre Left:

MATRICULATION CLASS

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Top Right:

FIRST YEAR CLASS

Bottom Right:

SUB-INTERMEDIATE CLASS

LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC.

Centre Left :

SECOND YEAR CLASS

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LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC.

Top Right :

GRADE IV

Centre Left:

PREPARATORY CLASS

Bottom Right:

ELEMENTARY CLASS

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LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK, VIC.

Top Right:

KINDERGARTEN

Centre Left:

GRADE I

Centre Right:

GRADE II

Bottom Left:

GRADE III

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The Wider

It is a dark evening in Winter, and two m embers of the Theresian Club are walking along a street in the worst r egions of Darlinghurst, Sydney. Their purposeful walk shows that they have business in this area. They are girls who have been at work in an office all day, have taken a quick evening meal, and are now on their rounds to gather up children whom they escort to their club-room for an evening of catechism and the recreation that follows.

They knock at the door of a tenement house; an untidy, poor woman opens it . . . Oh, the ladies want Bobby, do they? " I don ' t know where the little beggar has got to; h e's out on the street somewhere." Bobby is six, and the night is dark. The girls find him on their way, and he willingly joins them. At anoth er house, "Lana" cannot come until sh e has h eard the last word in the radio serial. (From every tenement house a wireless is blaring.) The children, who are b eing gathered by the Theresians, are Catholic pupils of State sch ools, and their only religious instruction is what they receive from these apostolic young women.

The Theresians are doing a fine work. Even eight-year old "Roy" realizes that. This little hoy could quite easily pass later into the underworld of Sydney's criminals. But, at present, he has chivalrous instincts in spite of an undesirable home. One evening lately when noise was reaching the point

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LORETO FREE LIBRARY AND THERESIAN CLUB, SYDNEY

A corner of the L ibrary showing children and a group of Theresians, three of whom are weari ng their uniforms.

of confusion in their club-room, "Miss" (all their helpers are "Miss") having a h eadache closd h er eyes for a second. "Roy" sprang to his feet, calling out: "Aw, shut up! Can't yer see Miss is tired? An' sh e don' t get paid for this."

The Loreto Free Library, now incorpor­ated with the Theresian Club, has no other reason for its existence but to help these

underprivileged children- boys and girls up t o the age of twelve or so. After the club evening is over, the Theresians escort home their little charges. It is no unusual thing for a m essage to come from parent s : " Don' t take Lana home; drop her a t the pictures." So " Lana" is taken as far as the cinema, and put in charge of the cashier to wait for an hour or more for Mum and Dad- p erhaps more often for Mum with­out Dad who is enjoying himself elsewhere.

Monsignor Wallace, the parish priest of Darling­hurst, is the chaplain of the Theresians who have their h eadquarters at St. Vincent's Hospital. Having fitted up a room for a library and recr ea tion centre, attached to the parish school, Monsignor takes an active interest in the work of this branch of the Lay Apostolate. Another good friend is the Rev. Dr. Keogh (on the Professorial Staff at St. Columba's Springwood), who travels from the Mountains twic~ a month to give lectures to the Theresians. His spiritual outlook on their work and -his under standing of their problems are among the blessings that these girls enjoy in their generous apostolate for the poor children of Sydney.

T.A. [The Loreto Free Library was founded by Old Loreto

Students in 1937. It closed during the War, and in 1947 handed over its books to the Theresian Club to carry on the same kind of work. Normanhurst and Kirribilli each gives £25 a year to help in its upkeep.-Ed.]

LORETO

Y.C.S. SUMMER SCHOOL Last year I was fortunate enough to be one of the

girls chosen to represent Mary's Mount at the annual Y.C.S. Summer School. The Girls' Summer School was h eld at "Ave Maria" Retreat House, Essendon, and conducted by Rev. F. M. Chamberlin, assisted by Rev. K. Atkins. Sixty girls attended.

We began each morning with Dialogue Mass and Holy Communion. Saturday and Sunday were spent in getting to know one another. On Sunday afternoon there was a bus trip through the main parts of Melbourne.

First talk was on "Ca tholic Attitude to Reading." The speaker , Mr. G. McDonald, outlined the reasons why we read, and stressed the m enace of modern comics. Rev. Father J. F. Kelly in his lec ture, "Our Environment-Are W e Aware of It?", dealt with the four main influences in a schoolgirl's life- home,, school, Church and outside world.

R ev. Father K. Atkins gave u s some very helpful direc tions con cerning Gospel Discussion and Pam Field and Maureen Tarpey spoke on the Leaders' Groups, Activity Groups and the General Meetings.

We were much interested in Father F. M. Chamberlin's practical and inspiring talk on "Ca tholic Attitude to Films", and in the lecture given by the R ev. B. Leonard on "Youth and Music". "Contact and Influence" was a very thought­provoking talk given by R ev. Father Heriot.

"The Girl of To-day" was the topic chosen by Mrs. M. Charlesworth. We were all interested in this and in the talk on " Radio-ls it Worthwhile?", given by Mr. David Burke.

The final talk was given by R ev. B. McLoughlin and it was a wonderful close to our Summer School.

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A group gathered round His Grace Archbishop Man­nix at St. Mary's Hall, Melbourne University, during a. recent Asian Catholic Congress.

"IT'S SMART TO BE MODEST" Many old Dawson Street girls are in the National

Catholic Girls' Movement which presented a Mannequin Parade lately. The N.C.G.M. chorus opened the entertainment by singing " The Happiest

. Day of My Life" and "Waltz of My H eart." The first scene was acted behind a transparent curtain - we saw the actresses as throu gh a glass darkly -it portrayed a type of moder1' girl in slacks, jeans and sweaters who thought it was attractive to smoke cigarettes and drink cocktails. These "shadow girls" formed an unfavourable contrast to the smart and simply-dressed girls who paraded for the r est of the evening.

The clothes di splayed were gay without being dazzling. They were very simple in design , the colours being mostly in coronation shad es. Square dance frocks were also displayed, and the most attractive of them was the "Flying Dutchman," in a glorious mixture of colours. Party frocks were made of satin, plain and brocaded, broderie anglaise, tulle and the n ew glamorous, washable material, "golden sand."

The debutante frocks concentrated on full skirts and demure bodices of silver lame, lace and tulle.

Monica Tehan, who was acting as compere, introduced the mannequins. Many old Dawson Street girls were mannequins and choristers.

The audience agreed that the Mannequin Parade was professional in tone and would encourage young girls to dress attractively and simply.

ANN GUY, Intermediate, Dawson Street.

LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE, Qld.

INTER-SCHOOLS' TENNIS CHAMPIONS, 1952 STANDING: Patricia O'Sullivan, Patricia K elly. SITTING: Margaret O'Sullivan, Sue Ireland.

STANDING: Mary O'Keeffe, Judy Emerson, Penelope Magee. SITTING: Patricia O'Sullivan, Margaret O'Sullivan.

PREFECTS

JUNIOR SCHOOL

FRONT ROW: C. Monaghan, F. Stewart, J . Charleston, R. Casey, N . Hooke, B . Reveille, L . Steindl, D. Barry, F . Griffin, M. Monagha n, G. Keogh, C. Tessier.

FIRST ROW : M. O'Sullivan, P. McCormack, F . Drake, S. Christophers, A. Nelson, NI. Nowill, A. Eldridge, M . K elly, C. Douglas, J . Fanning, L. Couchman, D. Hornick, K . White, C. Butts.

SECOND ROW: L. Bonehill, L. Williams, C. Browne, C. Preston, E. Durovec, C. Carter, M. Cashell, P. Corbett, P . Quinn, N. Hurley, A. Healy, M. Donelly, A. Harburg.

THIRD ROW: M. Eldridge, S. Douglas, C . K elly, J. Kelly, A. Steindl, H . Kiley, D . Roach, L . Hancock, J . Boyle, E. Horne, C. Hooke, C. Stewart, M. Cassidy, A. Bate, B. Moran.

FOURTH ROW: G. Casey, B. Simpson, M. Bowes, J . Keaveny, G. Griffin, T. Neylon, M. Ahern, E. Albiez, M. Griffin, P. Stewart, J . Hanman, E. Atkinson.

BACK ROW: M. Roache, E. Griffin, N. Conlon, M. Stewart, P . Andrews, K. Poulton, J. Broad, P . Gann, R. White, F. Parer, E. Dillon. ABSENT : B . James, D. Wallace, 0 . Tennant, J. Martin, R. Guthrie, M. McNulty, S. McNulty, K . Cummings, M. Eisler, G. Normoyle, M.

Kelemen, B. Eldrige.

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LORETO CONVENT, BRISBANE, Qld.

SENIOR DIVISION BACK ROW: E. Green, P. Keaveny, S. Crowley, R. Ryan, C. Parer, P. MacGroarty, C. Cartwright, M. Stuart, J . Goodwin, M. H a viii,

R. Rhodes. THIRD ROW: M . Moore, G. McPherson, K . Johnson, P. Magee, R. Hamilton, D . Rushbrook, K . P etersen, D. Quinn, E. Nowotny, P .

Emmerson. SE COND ROW : J. Wilson, M. Eisler, R . Gi bbings, H . Salter, M. O'Keeffe, B. Cleary , C. Caspaney. FRONT ROW: A. Rankin, P . McPherson, M . O 'Sullivan, P . O ' Sullivan, C. O 'Donohue, J. Emerson, P . Ross. ABSENT : E . O'Mahony, L . Coorey.

MIDDLE DIVISION FRONT ROW: A. McCormack, B. Prendergast, D. Delaney, C. Cassidy, M. Christophers, J . Drum, P . Smith. SECOND ROW : K. Barr y, H. Sumner, P . McCormack, E. Nowill , R. Kelly, S. Parer, S. Parer. THIRD ROW: M. McCormack, C. Kerlin, J. Simmonds, H . Turnock, R. Willet, C. Cleary, B. Eisler, M. Hickey, P . H ick ey, S. Morrow, D .

Donald son, M. Roache, M. Steele. FOURTH ROW: E. Atkinson, C. Bowes, P . Simmonds, S. Rush brook, F . Cleary, M. Fogarty, D. Redmond, M. Luddy, E. Cassidy, M.

MacNulty, M. Crawford, P . Hamilton. BACK ROW: J . McDonnell, C. Ryan, S. Chapple, M. Green, D . Kelly, J. Rowe, M. Murphy, M. Murdoch, R . Martin, M. L eahy, E. T homas. ABSENT : T . Fogarty, P. Hempenstall, M. Josephson.

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LORETO

Among Our Old Girls THE CHARM OF PARIS

My parents and I have made our home in Paris, and we are very happy about this change of address. Nice was too provincial for us, though it is a beautiful holiday resort, and the capital of the Riviera. Life in Paris is most enjoyable, for this city is a seat of all that is best in culture. Nearly every day conferences are given by such great thinkers and writers as Mauriac and Maurois. Great musicians like Rubenstein give concerts at least four times a year; and in the national Opera House and the theatres there are continually programmes of high artistic value. In a week's time the entire cast of the Viennese Opera House will present in Paris "Lohengrin" and other W agncrian chefs­d'oeuvre. My parents and I go at least three times a week to the theatre or opera. Lately, we went to see at the Opera-Comique Debussy's exceptional work, "Pelleas and Melisande", which is being performed to commemorate Debussy's anniversary. This opera is rarely a success at the box-office, as the public do not like to hear their favourite singers restricted (as they are) to the singing of a few octaves. But I profoundly admire Debussy's music which speaks and sings of itself for the artists.

The modern French plays are very poorly written and even vulgar; we prefer the classics. There i!> lovely poetry in the plays of Corneille and Moliere; and Moliere is ever so witty.

Dear Mother, I must tell you I have found in Paris a most pleasant job in the antique business. Through a friend of my parents I made the acquaintance of an antique dealer who ha;; a beautiful shop near the Opera and the Madeleine. He deals almost exclusively wit·h Austrian dealers, and as he needed an interpreter the job just suits me -though I wasn't looking for one. Now that I have it, I find it a delightful way of continuing my education in history, which you know I have always found so interesting. I am always alone in charge of the shop as t·he boss is obliged to travel constantly. My reading now is all on the historical background of the European and Asiatic antique furniture we have in the shop. At present we have a chest of drawers for sale: price £85. It belongs to the period of Napoleon I, and is much too grandiose for

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Mont Cenis, Montmartre (from the painting by Maurice Utrillo).

a modern home. But its severe classic lines bring back thoughts of the Empire; and most French enjoy thoughts of former imperialism . . .

I do hope you remember me often in your prayers. In this materialistic world one is only too easily influenced by the maxims of the world. It is only prayer can save us - but I pray so badly! Even at Loreto, I did not pray well! ... General Eisenhower was strongly criticized in France when he said in U.S.A. that France was not a religious country. But he spoke truly. This country has no Catholic atmosphere, and one soon realizes how few French Catholics, comparatively speaking, look upon the Church as their Mother and loving teacher. The idea that their Faith is their life seems to be confined to a small minority. This. is a harsh judgment; and St. Augustine tells us not to he judging others. I should not have done so . . .

Paris, 20th December, 1952. -C.D., (Past pupil, Normanhurst.)

LORETO

SYMPOSIUM AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY

A Symposium on " East and W est and the Future of Australia" was held in the Great Hall of Sydney Univer sity on the Monday night of Congress W eek. It was organized as part of the Univer sity participation by the Principals of Sancta Sophia and St. John's College and the Newman Graduates and Undergraduates' Association. There was a huge crowd of enthusias tic p eople, many of whom were unable to get into the Great Hall. Those outside were able to h ear the proceedings r elayed over loud­speaker s with the added inconvenience of light raiJJ. W e, as undergraduates, were fortunate in being able to go up to the organ galler y. The pageant was set off b y large oil paintings of former Chancellors on the walls of the huge stone hall. They all look t>d ven er able and ver y serious; but somethin g else wa~ arlded by the ma gical illumination of little gas lamps above. There were groups containing five little flick ering ton gues of light ; and it was delightful hi gh up on the same level as this r egiment of glow worm s. Yet high er still there were hovering figures of gold-crowned angels with illuminated books h eld open towards the fl oor.

F ittingly, an or gan r ecital began the night's ac tivities. The great chords rang out none too softly for those who were just behind the organ, but it was a grand way of expressing appreciation of the m arvellous sight as the Monsignori, Bishops, Archbishops and the three Cardinals walked in procession from the Antechamber of the Great H all. The Newman Socie ty Executive preceded the Hierarch y and took their places behind the Bishops and sp eaker s on the dias. Cardin al Gilroy and Cardinal Agagianian sat in the front row on the ground level. Pries ts mingled around them and it was a gracious sight to see the Papal Legate sitting amongst his p eople. His Eminence was surrounded b ecause there were p eople in the centre and sides of the h all. Varie ty in colour and design was further enhanced by graduates and undergraduates in evening and academic dress.

CARDINAL GRACIAS

His Eminence Cardinal Gracias was the first speaker, and the lecture was entitled " Asia and Australia" . His Eminence was an imposing figure as he stood at the microphone in his scarle t robes. The m atter of the lecture was simple enou gh for undergrads and profound enough to please even graduates ! It was delightfully inter sp er sed with little anecdotes-told as only Cardinal Gracias could t ell them. Gifts of wit and oratory are certainly those of His Eminence-h e said later h e liked making speeches ! One point made by His Eminence was that India is essentially an agricultural country, whereas Australia is sadly lacking in a large rural population. On the question of progress and development, Cardinal Gracias summed up the truth in " History proves that there is no revolut~on that is not a restoration. All who have done anything in the

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future have had their eyes fixed on the p ast." T h ere in the words of a Cardinal of the Indian Church is the rapprochement of the two ideas-restora tion and revolution.

ARCHBISHOP McQUAID

Archbishop McQuaid, of Dublin, followed with his contribution on " Europe and Austral ia". H is Grace is accredited with h aving spoken very profoundly, but even we undergradu ates were intellectually stirred. History was the basis of t he lecture-our history as de rived from the grea t roots of European culture. Stress was laid on the importance of the study of "Sch olasti c Philosoph y" and the liberal Arts. One point postulated was that modern art is not art when it does not seek to portray beautiful things as we see them n a turally. This was particularly interes ting as the exhibition of French ar t had just been shown previously in Sydney. Archbishop McQuaid concluded , "May I, in the ch arity of our common F aith , express the prayer that, by the unfailing ad vocacy of Our Blessed Lady, Seat of Wisdom, this l and of Austral ia , so young in vigour, so old in the h eritage of its civilization, may be so guided by God the Holy Ghost, in its proper path of material and spiritual development tha t we in Europe, looking towarrls the South, ma y see mirrored for us once more the radiance and beauty of the culture of the Church."

BISHOP YOUNG Bishop Youn g concluded the Fortun, sp eaking on

" Our R esponsibility". H e tou ch ed ver y gravely on the Colombo Plan and, even more so, on the White Au stralia Policy. For many this is not a p ol icy, but a passion. As the Forum was collec tivel y titled " East and W est and the Future of Au st ralia;, it was fitting His Lordship should say that E ast an d West could m eet, as h e himself had shaken h ands with Cardinal Agagianian. Bishop Young concluded: "An Indian Cardinal, an Archbishop of the old E uropean culture, and a Bishop of the n ew world h ave met in symposium to-night. They are three d istinct men true to their culture, hut one in Christ . As Christ unites them so al so only Christ can unite the world."

ARCHBISHOP ERIS O'BRIEN Archbishop Eris O'Brien, in m ovin g the vote of

thanks, brilliantly summed up the speeches. The Prelates then withdrew as they were t o attend the Forum at the Town Hall on "Christian Ch arity in Industrial Life." The silence was broken and the pageant ended as all left the Hall to r e turn home or have supper at the Union. A r eally great, stirring evening had passed- an event to he remembered by all who had witnessed it. Not the p agean t alone was to b e r em embered, but more important still was the r emembrance of " Our R esponsibility" in " East and W est and the Future of Australia." Ar ts I , Sydney University. JENNIFER CAMERON,

(Past pupil, Loreto, Normanhurst. )

LORETO

"THE TERRACE", W.A.-SOME RANDOM MEMORIES

For a time it seemed that the old school in the Terrace must fall into decay. Whenever old girls met they would remark inevitably: "Isn't it a shame to see the old school in such a state?" Recently it was purchased by an oil company and transformed into wmething approaching magnificence, but, though white-painted and stream-lined, it is still a far cry from the quiet, brick, convent school we knew.

A private house in the days when Adelaide Terrace was the young city's fa shionable residential area, it was acquired in 1897 by Mother Mary Gonzaga Barry. Mother M1. de Sales, as first superior, came from Victoria with a small band of nuns to begin work in this State. One nun, at least, regretted the advent of uniforms. "So drab," she said, recalling how fresh and gay the first pupils were in their va1·i-coloured prints, flounced and gathered in the fashion of the day.

The old school, set among fine trees in grounds that sloped down to the Swan River, never lost its atmosphere of homely graciousness. Later the river was pushed back behind retaining walls, but often enough l.t roce up out of hounds in winter time, flooding the esplanade and lapping in through the back fence to the basket ball field. On one occasion the waters actually threatened the newly made gravel tennis courts. Clearly I remember how we gathered on the brink while Mother Mary Columbanus, an anxious Mistress of Schools, led a prayer for the protection of our sport's grounds. The water stopped a few inches short of the first white line!

But my memory goes back further than either basket ball field or tennis courts, to the days when the lower part of the convent grounds was a wilderness of wild sweet peas. Altars and school rooms were fragrant with these lovely flowers which the younger children never tired of picking. I recall, at the age of six, losing Mother Mary Xavier' s precious scissors during one of these pea picking enthusiasms. St. Anthony found those !

My recollections of these early years are as gentle and sweet as the flowers of their association. Our family lived in a corner house only a few hundred yards from the convent, which we, when little, would haunt, week-ends and holidays, pestering for pictures to "colour .in," scissors for "cutting out." I look back in vain for any hint of impatience from the long-suffering nuns !

Mother Mary lta, then so very young and dear, had the infant classes during my first years at school. She understood the very spirit of childhood and infmed our earliest lessons with fairy-tale fasciJ.1.ation. Under her spell the letters of the alphabet became people, animals, gnomes, all making appropriate noises and pursuing breath-taking adventures. Living the stories she told and drew on her board, we were hardly conscious that we were learning to read and write. I am told that methods of teaching the very young have greatly improved

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since those days. This may be so, but I find it difficult to believe that any method could be simpler and more effective than this.

The outdoor classes of those earlier years held a certain, enchanted, picnic atmosphere, with the sunlight filtering through the h eavy foliage of the big Morton Bay figs, the doves fluting and fluttering; and, down below, the river, serene and blue with the ferries passing busily to and fro.

Later we ascended to "the big school"- two large upper roomB divided by folding doors. I can follow our positions in those rooms, class by class, the nuns and the girls with which each was associated, first days, last days, break-up concerts and fete days. Looking back now I can see that the old convent, with the exception of those two rooms, was not ideally designed for a school, and that class and music rooms scattered through the house section gave the nuns less peace and privacy than was their right, though when we heard that the school was to be moved and a modern place built in a comparatively n ew district it seemed to many old girls quite wrong. That the chapel, with its altar so beautifully ornamented by a gifted pioneer nun, in a design of gilt grapes and vines should be u sed for any other purpose seem ed sacrilege. We felt much the same of the reception room and parlour where many a gracious Mother Superior had received parents, relatives, friends and visiting old girls. These rooms held the m emories of music lessons and many beloved music teachers, including Mother Stephanie, of "Osborne", Mother Mary Gertrude, now at Nedlands, Mother Dominica and Mother Ignacio. It was Mother Ignacio who introduced musical appreciation classes, with stories of the composers' lives and well selected recordings.

There were rare occasions during these years when a brilliant young pianist from "Osborne" would play at the Terrace. Shy and r eserved , this girl with the sleek, short hair was later to achieve world fame as Eileen Joyce. Her principal teacher at that time was Mother John who had b een at the Terrace in earlier years; and who among u s can forget this beautiful young nun with the sweet singing voice?

Besides Eileen Joyce there were other girls of outstanding musical ability in the two western convents at that time. Some were to become well known as teachers and performers and one young singer, Lorna Sydney Smith-just Lorna Sydney now-was destined for leading roles in European opera. Lorna, charming and sophisticated beyond her years, was even then the star. Another class mate, greatly talented but contrastingly retiring, later entered the Loreto Order and, as Mother Mary Francis Regis, is handing on the tradition of musical education to another generation.

An outstanding memory of school days was the influence of Mother Mary Gertrude Mooney on our general education and cultural appreciation. Her

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LORETO

LIFE ON OCEAN ISLAND, CENTRAL PACIFIC~

Ocean I sland is very small- barely one mile across-but the highest grade phosphate in the world is mined h ere. We are really on one of the Gilbert I slands. Being about forty-four miles from the equator, the temperature is always about 87 cl cg rncs. It is somewhat wearing as the nights and clays arc all alike; it is only in the westerly season that we get any change of weather. For that r eason it i s impossible to grow any Southern flowers or vegetables.

All life h er e revolves around the British Phosphate Commission which leases the island from the Gilbert I slander s. The Gilbert and Ellice I slanders are employed and treated very well; any il1-treatment of them by a European brings on him instant dismissal. There is no colour bar, but the I slanders prefer to live together in their own style, rather than mix freely out of working hours, with the Europeans. For instance, they have separate picture nights, e tc.

The Gilbert p eople are of Micronesian stock and are fairly tall and slight with straight black hair and fine fea tures; they range in colour from very light tan to nearly black- the latter coming from the northern islands. The language is easy to learn, with a smaJl vocabulary and alphabet. They arc clean people, good tempered and very honest.

The El1ice islanders are of Samoan and Melanesian stock ; they are shorter and h eavier and lighter­skinncd than the Gilberts and h ave curly hair. They arc more intelligent but are lazy and untrustworthy on the whole. When you get a good one you wonder jf you have been misjudging them. Coconuts are the chief necessity for all the natives, providing them with food , sh elter, oil, eating utensils and clothing.

The Catholic Missions have not yet p en etrated into

[Concluded from opposite page] death in r ecent years brought back many memories of the concerts and activities she influenced. A clever and highly cultured woman she introduced us to the wonders of Egyptology, h elping u s to r ecreate in tableau and story the glory and pageantry of the past. There was one occasion when the school, decorated with lotus blossoms and bul-rush es, staged an Egyptian concert. Quite enchanted by it all, I was the more mortified that on the great night I should forget the lines in which I had been word perfect for weeks before!

La ter years were associated with other nuns, among them Mother Christina and Mother Inez whose deep knowledge and love of literature developed for most of us a r eal and lasting interest in this field. Mother Christina insisted that we not only read our Shakeepcarc, Keats and Shelley, but at least tried to understand what they were saying. It seemed quite unreasonable at the time that we ehould be expected to understand anything

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the Ellice I slands; but we have a Mission Station h ere on Ocean I sland where Father Gish ean, M.S.C., is the resident pries t. H e has been in the Gilberts since coming from France in 1913, and has n ever been " out"- not even for a holiday. H e sp eaks like a Gilbertese, and lives like one, too. I got from Sydney (through Moyat) a se t of Sta tions of the Cross for the Church, the previous ones having b een destroyed by the Japanese when they occupied this island. That was a terrible time. They massacred all the Gilbert and Ellice people who were on the island, and the two Government men and two B.P.C. men who had remained. They also shot Father Bontita who stayed behind to look after his flock.

But life has settled down again since then. The Infant W elfare Clinic, where I work, is fuJly and expensively equipped. Because of the lack of coconuts h ere we _give European food to the children: bottles of milk four-hourly and cu stard and soup daily. We also do all the m edical work for the women and children. W e run weighing clinics and an ante-natal clinic. In the Clinic I h ave a nurse and two orderlies-one Ellice and one Gilbert. Apart from this work, we do rounds of the native married quarters, inspecting and trying to k eep good standards of cleanliness. The chi ldren are lovable; the women: exaspera ting, but sweet and friendly ...

HELEN PIERCE, P ast Pupil, Kirribilli.

* Extract from a letter to one of her old mistresses at Kirribilli.

t Moya Merrick (past pupil of Kirribilli ) who graduated in Architecture at the Sydney University a few years ago.

as obscure as the mind of a poet ; but by the time she had done with us we were able to think at least a little for ourselves.

Of this time I remember particularly also Mother Aidan who vividly recrea ted for us the background of the New T estament and interpreted so beautifully the Gospel of St. John. A few year s later it was the humour and patience of Mother Dolorosa that helped u s to love our school-days.

The new school at Nedlands was to know many of the one-time Terrace nuns and a number of "grandchildren"-daughters of past pupils, including three of my own, with a fourth rising kindergarten age. A fine, modern school, to u s it has not the old world charm of " the Terrace" , though the sight of many of the pictures and statues with which we were brought up reminds u s that the spirit of the school, for all its properly designed class rooms, is the same as that of the convent whose grounds tumbled down to the river, through a wilderness of wild sweet peas.

MARY DURACK MILLER.

NORMANHURST NOTES Cor:gratulations : Since June, 1952, the following

marriages have taken place: Evelyn Rose to Mr. Edward J ames; Joan K ea tin g to Mr. Bob Tait ; Moya Bowen to Mr. Bill Winship; Beulah Millingen lo Mr. Leon Garry; Gwenda Manoy to Mr. Deane Bowring; Moya Chapm an to Mr. Roy Glenister; Pa~1li 1~e Roche to Mr. Toby Abbey; Margaret Gainslord to M r. Alan Jarvis; Valerie Checkland to Mr. John Daniell; Pam Thomson to Mr. Ron A bel ; Mary Ryan to Dr. Peter Kent; Adele Carron to Dr. Gerald Dalton.

Evelyn Rose, J oan Keating, Moya Bowen, Gwenda Malloy, Pauline Roche, Margaret Gainsford , Mary Ryan and Adele Carroll had the blessing of a Nup tial Mass.

Cungrntulations arc offered to the foUowing parents and their babies : Dr. and Mrs. Brian Duffy (Enid Benecke), a son ( third child ) ; Lt. and Mrs. Peter Wilson (Co1leen Frost), a son; Mr. and Mrs. John Grey (Margaret Conne lley), a son; Mr. and Mrs. J. Mcinerney (Mary Ricketts), a daughter; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ches ter (J ean Blakey), a son (second child ); Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hickey (Pat Quinn ), a son (second child ) ; Dr. and Mrs. J. Brassil (Moya Brassil), a daughter; Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. W. L. Conley (Betty Considine), a son (second child); Dr. and Mrs. J. Wadsworth (Alicia White), a dau ghter (third child) ; Mr. and Mrs. E. Martyn (Celie Hickey, a daughter (third child ); Mr. and Mrs. W. Camphin (Alba Callin an ), a daughter (fourth child); Dr. and Mrs. A. Bailey (Mar go McNiven ), a son (third child ); Mr. and Mrs. L. Hansen (Berna Dowden ), a son (second child ) ; Mr. and Mrs. Len Pl as to (Gay Purcell), a son; Mr. and Mrs. J . Rutherford (Maureen Gorman), a daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sheridan (Lorna Veech), a daughter (third child ); Mr. and Mrs. W. Cordingley (Rita O'Shea) , a son (third child ) ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Christian (Sh eila Adams), a son ; Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Dalton (Cecile O'Riordan), a daughter (fourth child ) .

The twelve Debutantes, who were presented to Air Vice-Marshan and Mrs. J. P. J. McAuley by Matron of Honour, Mrs. J. Wadsworth, at the Annual Ball were Deirdre Browne, Colleen Burgin, Anne- 1aree Chatfield, Noelle O'Neill, Anne Rohan, Valerie Ward, Philippa H eafey, Margaret-Mary Knight, J anet Law, Anne Spora, Barbara W eston and Patricia O'Brien .

[In the last year's list Anne Ward's name was accidentally omitted.]

We offer our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Monticone (Mary Tigh e) on the death of her father; Mrs. K. Ryan (Emelda Walsh) on the death of her father; Mrs. G. Maloney (Vivienne Burke ) on the death of her father; Mrs. J. Mcinerney (Mary Ricketts) on the dea th of h er father; Mena, Mollie and Lalie McAlary on the dea th of their mother; Mrs. John Grey (Mgt. Connelley) on the death of her mother; Olga and Judith Basha on the death of their father ; Jeanette (Mrs. Schlesinger), Loma, Audrey and

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Moya Bowen (Mrs. Winship ) on the death of their father ; Eileen (Mrs. L. W. Watkins), Madolin (Mrs. B. F. Watkins), and Gerda on the dea th of their mother , Margaret Brewer (nee Tracey) and to her sister s, Mary (Mirs. B yrne), Ann and Gertrude. Mrs. Brewer was the second President of the O.G.'s Association.

KATHLEEN (HASELER) COOLAHAN, ANNE CARTER,

Hon. Secretaries.

BUILDING FUND* : The Old Girls have contributed generousl y to the building fund required by the new chapel and other additions. The large room that was the school stud y for over fifty years has been transformed into a very attractive recep tion-room ; a great deal of the exp ense was met by the generous donations of the Old Girls. The long burgund y curtains on the ten tall windows are themselves an adornment to the pale-grey walls and hi ghl y polished floor wi th its square of French carpet. The only pictu re is a 17th cen tury Spanish work of artt, lately on loa n to the National Gallery, Sydney. We are privileged to have it on loan also, for a few months. This gravely b eautiful Madonna seems to be in the right place; but its price is beyond the m ean s of the community.

-M.N. * Although this is a page for Past Pupils, we here

make a grateful mention of the generosity of the Parents and Friends' Association.-M.N.

t An original in oils (restored in places, according to advisers at the Louvre).

LORETO SEWING CIRCLE: Owing to increased rental the Sewing Circle no longer m eets at Legion House. The m ee ting on the first Friday of each month is now h eld in turn at the homes of the m embers - a much more pleasant arrangement, giving also an increased attendance. The subscription of 2/ - a month is used for purchase of materials.

MEMBERS FOR 1953: Mrs. F. Butl er (Bessie Foley), Mrs. J. Carter (Ma tt Riley), Miss Clare Curtin , Miss Anne Fehon, Miss P eter Clarke, Miss Clare Sears, Mesdames B. McAlary (Beryl Stratton ), B. Watkins (Madolin Brewer ), N. Lord (Eileen Flanagan ), M. Dart K elly (May Nagle), E. Hughes (Eileen Curtin), R. Rodgers (Kathleen Byrne), J. Steabben (Eileen Foley), E. Goldrick (Ethel Ritchard ), K. Parle (Kitty Sherlock), S. Haworth (Hilda Flanagan ) . Mrs. W. Burfit (Esm ey Mann ) sends a yearly donation and parcels.

Parcels are sent to :- Daughters of Charity, Woolloomooloo - garments for old ladies; Brown Nurses, Randwick-gifts suitable for their work; St. Anthony's Home, Burwood- babies' clothes; Found­ling Home, Waitara ; St. John of God's Boys' Home, Morisset.

KATHLEEN RODGERS, Hon. Secretary.

ST. MARY'S HALL, UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE INSET: Committee Members-Elizabeth Cox, Isabel Cornwell, Mary Kearney, Angela Machado (seated). BACK ROW: Margaret Tobin, Maureen Ryan, Patricia Kennedy, Eva Klvac, Patricia Joyce, Sophie Reid, Aileen

Jeffrey, Jocelyn Gorman, Mary Burke, Denise Walsh, Ann Kennedy, Jud ith Joyce, Mary Elizabeth Calwell.

MIDDLE ROW: Mary Quinlan, Kay E ckhoff, Betty Mulcahy, Joan Morice, Betty L enaghan, J a nette Pritchard, Patricia Caine, Marjolein Francken, Christina Yap, Rosanne McLaughlin, Rayleen Ryan, Flora Lloyd, J a net Byrne, Mary Aughterso n, Jill Connolly.

FRO NT ROW: Helene Wood, Maria Favaloro, Lorraine Briggs, Malini Sripicharn, Mary Kearney, Isabel Corn­well, Angela Machado, Elizabeth Cox, Rosemary Tehan, Jill Greening, Judith Begent, Kathleen Flaherty.

LORETO

For the NADA

"Woof! Woof!" I am a lemon roan cocker spaniel, "Woof Woof". My full name is Miss Nadine of Ellowyn, but they call me Nada. I am four years old. They say I am a perfect breed except for the top of the head where I am too broad, but, even so, I won third prize at a show. However, I rather think my owners think I'm perfect as I am, and they love me very much.

I am owned by three humans, Ann, Christopher and their Mother. They live in what I call a huge house. I live in a lovely comfortable box in the back porch, when I cannot sleep on someone's beautifully soft bed. I love to lie by the cosy fire on a cold winter's night.

The other day these humans were going out, and I knew it too. They bustled round all the morning with the preparations. Christopher and Ann left b efore their Mother, but I knew she would leave soon. Just before their Mother left she took an old rug out to Christopher's room and put it on his bed. Then, their Mother lifted me up on to the rug and told me I could sleep there while they were away. Then she patted me and petted me and asked would I be a good dog? Of course I said "Yes" and off she went. I immediately set to work to get the pillow out of the bed. After much struggling I managed to deposit it near the rug which I had already rolled into a ball, and I lay down and slept. I slept all through the night. In the morning I awoke to find that detestable boy from next door standing in the back porch with two biscuits for me. After I had taken the biscuits from him he went out again. I still don't like him even if he did bring me biscuits. Soon my family returned home, and I was thrilled to see them. I think they were pleased to see me too.

My cleverest and best performance was not appreciated by the family. It began like this. The family had gone out for the afternoon and I was left_ home, locked in the back yard. I really don't know what they expected me to do-sniffmewhiskers. I was wandering around when suddenly one of those clucking hens from next door flew over the fence. As I was behind a bush, I stood stock still; this was a golden opportunity to get rid of this beast. Slowly and silently I advanced on the creature; then I sprang; I nearly had it. Eventually, after much dodging and pouncing I had it. I had actually managed to capture the bird. Exhausted, I staggered breathlessly on to the cool green lawn. After a rest and a drink of cool water I felt bright and frisky again. I waited in great anxiety for my family to return. When they did return, and I presented the bird to them, I was in great trouble . . . Those people!

ANNE MclNERNEY (Grade VI), Marryatville.

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J u11iors MEETING WITH CARDINAL GRACIAS

As you know, Cardinal Gracias from India came to the Eucharistic Congress last April. A few days before the Congress I went into town with m y school friend and h er mother. Just before we left for home we saw a big crowd of people on the street. W e stopped and waited to see what was going to happen. Suddenly the three Cardinals and many priests came out from a lunch. The Cardinals got into the private cars and the priests went to catch the train.

All of a sudden Cardinal Gracias waved to me. But I thought he was calling somebody behind me; so 11 took no notice as I knew he did not know m e. Then he called out to me and said: "Little girl!" I went over to the car; and the policeman began to chase me away, b ecause you were not allowed to go near the Cardinals' car. But when he saw meJ speaking to Cardinal Gracias h e walked away.

Cardinal Gracias asked m e if I came from India, and I said "Yes".* Then h e ask ed me if I would like to go back to India again. I said, "Yes". Then h e began to speak and laugh with the other Cardinals. Suddenly the cars began to move, and all the Cardinals waved good-bye and drove off. Normanhurst. DRAHA KIELKOWSKA (9). * In her cooler after-moments, Draha was troubled at

not having used a more polite form of address. Several modes of address did suggest themselves only to be dismissed for their extravagance. The first of these was "Your Majesty!" As Cardinal Gracias had never before seen Draha (and as her mother is Irish, her father, Polish), we may pardon her for thinking that he came from a more heavenly world than ours.

ELEPHANTS AT KANDY The drums throbbed faintly in the distance as a

large elephant appeared from around a bend in the road. Dancers, dressed in special ceremonial costumes and carrying flaming torches, surrounded the Elephant of the T emple. On his back h e had a golden howdah in which was a small casket supposed to contain a tooth of Buddha.

Following the Elephant of the Temple were many others all gaily decorated with coloured lights and streamers. The procession was held up twice. First, because the two men rolling a carpet before the Elephant were too slow. The magnificent beast stopped, and would not take another step until the carpet was set before him. The second time was when a baby elephant stopped in the middle of the road, and would not he moved. A man with a long stick tried, but only received a slap with the elephant's trunk. At last, however, he moved.

The next day we boarded a train bound for Colombo, and two weeks later arrived in the Golden West, where I am very happy at Loreto, where my mother also spent many happy days.

JANE PIGGFORD (Form I), Claremont.

MATRICULATION THE RRY ASB'JO RNSEN CAROLE BOWEN GERARDI 1E CARROLL MARY CRAWFORD LORETTA DIVJNY JOCELYN DUNPHY ANNETTA ERMACORA ROBIN LEVY ROB I N MACFARLAN JUDITH MANNING JOANNA McCLELLAND ROSEMARY MERLO NOEL KELLY BARBARA STEWART JANET WIMPOLE JUDITH MURRAY

LEAVING JENNIFER BERGIN URSULA CARTER SUSANNE CLIFFORD JENNIFER COATES PATRICI A COCKBURN M.ARGARET MARY COLLINS MARGUERITE DAVIS PATRICIA EVES JUDITH FERNE JOSEPHINE GORMAN SON I A HAYES JUDITH HILL KAREN HOPPE MYRNA HIRSCH ELEANOR KING LY ETTE LEFEBVRE JOAN LIGHTFOOT JILL LAMBERT GENEVIEVE McKERNAN LYNETTE McCARTHY ADRIENNE McKENZIE HELEN MULLANY NANCY RYAN MARGARET SMITH AN ' ETTE SALMON JOAN STEVENSON FREDERICA WORCH BEVERLEY QUINN MARY ANNE FILGATE

INTERMEDIATE PATRI CIA Il'OYLE KATHERINE CALDER CARMEN CALLIL FRA ' CESCA CASH ANNE D'ARCY JULIE D'ARCY MARGARET FINLAY METHA GIESE CAROLYN GOULDING ALLISON HELLARD FELICITY WAKEFIELD-KENT CLAUDETTE KOSKY GRANIA LATTANZI ANN LITTLE PATRICIA McCORMACK LOY McDONALD MAIRJ MacKINNON ANTOINETTE MEEHAN CORAT.TE ANN NEED PATRICfA O'CONJ\0 1{ DAWN MARrE O' FARRELL EDWl:\'A PLANT MARGARET POWER ANGELA RlJSH VALERIE SCHEEZAL CAROL SYNMAN CHRISTINE WHITEHEAD ANN WILKINSON

SUB-INTERMEDIATE JUUANNA ADAMS DOREEN BERKOWITZ DTANA BOWEN MARGARET AJ\:'\E CASH"!ORE MOIRA DOYLE l' ATRlClA FLYNN ANGELA l.JLCHR l ST TANET GOREY 'MARGUERITE GOUGH DIANE GREVIS-JAMES BEVERLEY HILL ROSEMARY HISKENS ANN HOUSTON SUSAN KEARNEY SUZANNE LOF1US-HI LLS

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ROLL CALL, 1953 LORETO CONVENT, TOORAK

CLARE LOUGHNAN DIANA MARSLAND ANNE MONTAGUE ANN NORTHAM DEIRDRE O'DA Y JOAN OCKLESHAW JUDITH PEARSON COLETTE RYAN MARY RYAN CAMILLE SPENCER PATRICIA W ARRY NOLA WEDGE ADRIENNE WILLIAMS MARGARET BERGIN MOYA McCORMACK

SECOND YEAR GABRIELLE ADAMS ELAINE BAILEY MAREE BARRY PATRICIA BAXTER JILLIAN BURKE JOSEPHINE CASHMORE ELIZABETH CLOWES LESLEY CURRIE ANN CURTIS CYNTHIA DETHRIDGE NORMA DALEY JACQUELINE DEVINE MARY DOYLE MARY DUCK EDWYNA FITZGERALD VIRGINJ A FEELEY PEGGY FLYNN PATRICIA GOODCHILD JENNIFER GODSELL JANE GOULDING ANNE HAYWARD CAROL JONES DIANA KING THERESE LECHTE D I ANA LORD MARY LYN CH GAIL MANNING HELEN MILLA E i\IARGARET REID SANDRA ROJrTNSON PATRICIA McGUINNESS HELEN ROCHE MARION SERONG SUSAN SPRING MARGARET WARRY ELTZARETH WIMPOLE JOSEPHI:\<E WRIGHT

FIRST YEAR

MA RGARITA FREDERICO HELEN GRIMES KATRINA JENS SIMONE JAQUINOT CAROLINE KELLY ELIZAB'ETH LEWIS ANNE LUNCH MARY ANNE LYNCH PRUDENCE MAGGIA SUSAN MAGGIA ELAINE MALOUF LEONIE McKERNAN LYNETTE McKAY PATRICIA McINERNEY KATHLEEN McINERNEY DEIRDRE O'BRIEN PATRICIA OGGE ADRIENNE RY AN ROBIN ROBINSON HELEN STOKES CHRISTI NE KUHLMANN HELEN WHITEHEAD

ELEMENTARY JILLIAN ANDERSON DENISE BARRETT SUSAN BARRETT PATRICIA BOILEAU MARIA BRYCE MARY BYRNE MARGARET DUCK ANNE DEVINE JEANETTE FAKHRY VIRGINIA GLOVER SUZANNE GUEST MARGARET GURRY MARY HANLEY YVONNE VON HARTEL SUSAN HOPPE T H ERESA JENS BARBARA JOHNSTON SUSAN KNOWLES JENNIFER MARSH SUE MORNEMENT B'RENDA McGUINNESS HELEN MARY O'D ONOGHUE ANNE O'RORKE LORNA PITT SUSAN RESCH CARMEL ROCHE ANNA SINN ANGELA SLATTERY BARBARA McKECH NIE CATHERINE GILCH RIST MARY KIJ\G MARY PREC\'DERGAST

GRADE IV. LISA BRENNAN SUZANNE BREW LUCILLE HRODER ICK DIANE ALESSIO ROSEMARY CALDER ANNE BROGAN YOLANDE CAT.LIL INGRID CALLITJ MARGARET DITCHBURN RETTA CALLTL HELEN DV-NER JILL COLEMAN JULIE EVERETT ROSEMARY CORBY ELIZA RETH FTNLA y ELIZABETH CURTI S [ ITA FREDERICO CLARE EVERITT s8~JAN GoonEN suNNY FORSYTH LEONORE GOUGH GWENDOLINE GIB SON

rr ERTS0 .'1 DANETTE HOPPE JAN ICE G .R. · · PATRICIA HOPPE SUSAN HARDY \ f ARGOT HOLT ELIZABETH IRELAND GERALT:\E LAZARL' S FRANCES JENS H F.LEN :i'vlcCAUSLAND JUDITH LEY PHI LIPPA i\l c\ 1.ELLA:\IJ ~~LLEE~ ILYE~IC-If'l1'E l'ATIHCIA :'licDERMOTT 1

, • FRAXKJE ~100RE \ll~ISTINEi 1\ IANN l !\G VTRGTNTA WAKEF!ELD-KF.'\'TlMELDA 9 BRIEN JENNIF~R MONTAGUE MARGAREr OCKLESH AW Ef IZABETH O'NEH I , JOAN O'RORKE /o'c:fa YN PETTY . ' ROMOLA PEARSON STEPHANIE ROSS-TUPPIN MARGARET ROCHE

J · CONNIE RUSSO CECILIA RUSSO ANKE STE 1SON ANN SAUNDERS nA~Il,ARA , s ·rEVENSON JA!\E WHIT_F.HEAD i\!ARGARET WALLACE JACQUELCNb McNA~ I ARA PATRIClA WATSON At\N PATTERSON IJALE WELLSTED

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PREPARATORY SUSAN GOREY GAYLE ACTOJ\ EUZAHET H WEST I.AIL BRENNAN GRADE ID. DIANA BUSCH SUSAN ACTON MARGARET DEVINE CAROL ANDERSON APRIL DUGGAN ROBYN BINNING MARY ANITA EDGERTON FAYNE BURRELL JULIA FEELEY CELINE CALLIL

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DIANE COOPER ELIZABETH DALY HELEN DEVINE PATRICIA DWYER MARY FLYNN ANNE GALBALLY SUSA GLOVER GAIL HOGAN-TAYLOR MICHELLE JAQUINOT KRISTEN JOHNSON JANE KELLY KEIRAN LITTLE LEVEDA LYNCH LOUISE MALOUF PATRICIA McCLELLAND JANE McDAVITT ROSALIND PITT KRISTEN SCARFF MARGARET ST. ELLEN PHILIPPA SIMPSON DIANE WILSON ELIZABETH WEST SUSANNE PERRY

GRADE Il. JULIA ADAMS JANE BOWDEN SUSAN BURKE SANDRA BUSCH MARGARET ANNE CAROLAN GENEVIEVE CLAYTON ELIZABETH EDGERTON SUSAN FLANAGAN PAULINE GILB'ERTSON DIANE GAY JILLIAN MARY GUEST ADRIENNE IRELAND SUSAN KELLY JILL MAGGS MARGARET MORRISON ANNE NOONE PRUDENCE O'DA Y CATHERINE SIMPSON FELICITY SINN SANDRA SYNMAN CARLO V ACCO RI ANN WOODWARD ANNASTACIA JENS PATRICIA GALBALLY JOHN MEEHAN PAUL COLEMAN MARK STENSON PETER LECHTE PETER LYNCH PETER McDAVITT JAMES MEEHAN WILLIAM O'DA Y PETER O'DONOGHUE MURIELLE MANN JOAN THOMAN JAMES CURTIS

GRADE I. BARBARA ANDERSON PRUDENCE ASTLEY MARY CO LEMAN BERNADETTE CONQUEST MARY DALY NINA EDGERTON PAMELA FETHERSTONHAUGH SUSAN GODFREY SANDRA HORE :'liARIA JENS KAREN JOHNSON . ANNE JOHNSTOl'{ ATENA LEES ANNE McCOY MICHELLE McDONALD KATHRYN MANN MARGUERITE MIFSUD ALEXANDRA MIKLOS JULIENNE MOLONEY ANGELA MORRISON ANGELA MULVAN Y BARBARA NOLAN PETA O 'SHAUGHNESSY MARGARET MARY PARKER MARIE-THERESE OUIGG ANNA RENDLE .• JILL ROBERTSON CHRISTINE RUSSO JANE STAR CATHERINE TONER CATHERINE WIMPOLE

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LEAVING CLASS MAUREEN BEESLEY LOUISE BOLAND MARGARET BROWN PATRICIA CORBETT MARY CUNNINGHAM HELEN DAVIS LIBUSA DUBRAVClC ANNE EDGHILL VICKY HOLMES GIANNA LARR! KAYE LOHAN YVONNE MATTHEW BETTY MAY NINA MORRIS ANNE NEVILL MARIE VETTER DOROTHY WESTHOFF

FOURTH YEAR LESLEY ADAMS MARY ARMSTRONG ROBIN BLAND DEIRDRE DRAY ANNE BUCKLEY CAROLINE CREAGH PAULINE DAVIS HELEN DAWSON ANNE DE MEUR ANNE DESMARCHELIER ANNE FIRTH HELEN FLYNN JETTIE HENDRIKS LORRAINE HOGAN JUDITH JOHNSTON ANNE LAMB ADRIENNE LEONARD WILLA MANNIX JUDITH McCOLL JANICE McENCROE CATHERINE PENNINGTON JANE RAPER LOUISE RITCHARD HELEN RYAN JUDITH RYAN FRANCES SANDILANDS ANNE ST. CLAIR VIVIENNE STEWART

INTERMEDIATE JAN ARMSTRONG HELEN BYFIELD CAROLYN BRANDT JENNTFER BULL CATHERINE BRYANT ELIZABETH BYRNE NINA BYRON HELEN BALL BARBARA CHAPMAN BERENICE CAWLEY MAUREEN CROWLEY JANET COOPER BONNIE DONALDSON SUSAN DONEGAN BARBARA EAGLES KAY EGAN-LEE GABRIELLE FERGUSON GAIL GLASER JANICE GILLAN ROSLYN GILLAN ANGELE GRANT MARGARET HINE ANNE HEGERTY

LORETO, TOORAK. [Concluded from page 91]

(Grade I continued)

SUZANNE O'DONOGHUE STUART BURRELL DENNIS EVERITT JOHN GOULDING WILLIAM HANLEY GRANT HOPPE BRIAN McCOY GRAHAM McKECHNIE :RORY McMAHON JOHN O'RORKE LLOYD SMITH JOHN GREEN STEPHEN BARRETT

LORETO

LORETO CONVENT, KIRRIBILLI llIAUREEN HOGAN HELEN KENNY MARIANNE McMILLAN JENNIFER ORCHARD CAM ILLE O'REGAN CARMEN PAPWORTH PAT PERROTTET BARBARA RYAN PATRICIA SEERY KERRY SH I ELS VIRGINIA STANDEN BEATRICE TAYLOR JEANNETTE THOMAS BEVERLY UNDERWOOD DENISE WEDDERBURN

SECOND YEAR DENISE ARRAND SUE BALDING PAT BARLOW• TONI BARRETT VIRGINIA BRADLEY FRANCES BURKE VIRGINIA BURNS BIDDY BYRON JAN CASEY JACQUELINE COLLET KERRY COLLINS STELLA COLLINS JAN COMRIE-THOMSON GERALDINE CRAMPTON LYNETTE CRONIN ANNE CROWLEY J ENNIFER CUNNINGHAM MARIETTE DWYER ROBIN FLEETING JOAN FORD JUDY FRASER CAROL HULLS SUSAN KEANE ELIZABETH KEANE CAROLYN KELLY YVONNE LAMERAND FAY LIVERMORE GAI McEVOY MAUREEN McCAFFREY PATRICIA McGRATH MARGARET MONAHAN JUDITH MURRAY KAY NEVILL MARY-ANNE O'GORMAN LOUISE PETERSEN ANNE PULLEN JAN PURCELL HELEN REILLY JILL SHAW PATRICIA ROCHE JILL RYAN JENNIFER SIMPSON GAIL STEW ART MARY SULLIVAN

FIRST YEAR ANNE-MARIE BAKEWELL SUSAN BEESTON J UDITH BERGIN MARGARET BOND MARGOT BRADLEY BARBARA BRAY ANGELA RULL MARGARET CAVANAGH MARGARET COLLlNGRID GE PENE COOK

KINDERGARTEN JOAN ADAMS PAMELA ANSTEE FRANCES ANDERSON MEGAN BROGAN MARY CURTIS ANTOINETTE CURTIS JIM BEST SARA BARRETT ELIZABETH CALDER DEBLY ANNE COLEMAN JOANNE CHAPMAN LOUISE EDGERTON ADRIAN FLYNN MICHAEL GAY ANTHONY HOPPE MICHAEL HOLLYWOOD

LENNEKE DUSSELDORP MAUREEN EGAN-LEE GERALDINE FERGUSON VERONA GREENAWAY KAY HARRISON MARCIA HEATHCOTE GAIL HOCKEY DEIRDRE HOLAHAN PHILIPPA KELLY SUSAN LARKIN ROSEMARY LEACH ROBIN LUND SUSAN MAGNEY BEhYL McENCROE HELEN McGOWAN CAROLYN MORRIS FAITH MULLER BEVERLEY POWER EVELYN PURCELL DENISE REGAN PATRICIA SKEHAN ELIZABETH SHIEL ANNE STAYNER ANNE STUBBS LANETTE SULLIVAN

FORM I BARBARA BAIN JANET BALDING ROSLYN l:l'ARRETT MARIS BELLHOUSE LEONORE BROWN CLARE BRYANT SUE BURKE ROBIN CASEY SUSAN CHADWICK MAUREEN CLARK PATRI CIA COLEMAN BRIGITTE COLLET MARY DONNELLY JACQUELINE DUCKWORTH

BARKER ANNE DYNON PRISCI LLA FELTON MARIE FITZPATRI CK JUDY HAMIL TON TREESJE HENDRIKS JULIETTE HENRY ANNETTE HOCKEY ANNE MARIE JOH NSTONE ANNE MARSHALL ANNE McDERMOTT MARGARET O'DONNELL JUNE O'GORMAN MARGARET PERROTTET GABRIELLE PIROLA BARBARA POW E R MARY PRENDERGAST HE LEN RITCHARD MARY RITCHARD DIANA ROCHE JILL RUTHVEN VIVIENNE SARKS KAYE TATE MARGARET TRACY

ELEMENTARY JILL ALDIS SUE BALL KAY E BARLOW ROSILAND BATEMAN CHRISTI NE BURKE JULIE BYRNE

MONIQUE JAQUINOT CATHERINE JOHNSTON MARGOT JO NES SUZANNE LEY CHRISTI NA LECHTE N I NA MARY LYNCH LAURETTE LYNCH BRENDAN MAY CHRISTINE MIKLOS ELIZAB BETH McCANN JENNY McCAULEY PETER McGUINNESS MARGARET McCARDLE MARY O'BRIEN JOH N O'BRIEN MARIE WARRY MARY LOUISE MORRISON

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CATHERINE DAVIDSON LYNETTE DUNCAN MARGARET DURACK JULIE HARDIMAN PAMELA HARDYMAN ROBil\ HENRY SUSAN HYDE MARGARET LAWS GILLIAN LEACH ANNE MARIE MADDEN DENI SE McCAFFREY JEANETTE McCOLL MAUREEN MOONEY DANIELLE O'BRIEN PAULINE PRENJ.•ERGAST JENNIFER ROWLEY MARILYN SCHOl'lELD P AULINE STAVENHAGEN JAN TOOTIL MARGARET WALSH LESLEY WANGMANN ANN WILLIAMS

TillRD CLASS NOELINE BYRNE SUSAN BLEYER MARGARET CANSDELL SUZANNE DURANT CATHERINE EHRENDURG GABRIELLE HICKEY DENISE JOHNSTONE CAROLYN MAGNEY MAUREEN McGINTY PATRICIA O'BRl.EN VIRGINIA SARKS PATRICIA SIDAWAY ELTZABETH SI MPSON KAY TRACEY

SECOND CLASS ELTZAB'ETH BUCKLEY CATHEHINE CAHILL MICHELE CROWLEY CLOVER COLLINS MARIANNE COURTENAY PENELOPE HOLMES SUSAN HUMPHRIES MARGARET HAWKES DIANA HEWlTSON SYBIL LAWS ELIZABETH MATTHEWS MARGARET O'REILLY CECILE SCOTT GAYLE SUTHERLAND ELIZABETH SHAW JUDITH THOMSON TONI-ANNE

COMRIE-THOMSON JOSEPHINE WALSH CHRISTINE FLYNN CHRISTINE FERGUSON PATRIC[A SCOTT·YOUt'G ANDREW BALL LAWRENCE CAFFARELLA TJERK DUSSELDORP MICHAEL FAHEY BRIAN HORAN BARRY HUNT JOHN HONNER MICHAEL H ARDIMAN BERNARD MAY ROBERT WILLIAMS (Fourth Class on page 38)

JOSEPHINE PARKER STEPHEN SMITH DONAL SMITH PENELOPE STEEL PETER STOKES JOH N TRENCHARD LYNN BURRELL CAROLINE WALKER CECILIA WILKINSON KINGSLEY WILKINSON ROBERT ZAHARA ANNE MAUREEN SCARFF SIMON O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL RY AN CHRISTOPHER TOMS VIRGINIA ROBSON ELIZABETH SKENE

LORETO

INDEX

Arraras, Maite (Spain) . . . . . . . . Asbjornsen, Therry . . . . . . Au, Yvonne .. ..

Beesley, Maureen Bennett, Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boland, Louise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bostock, Anne . . . . . . . . . .

Carroll, Colleen .. Carroll, Gerardine Christie, Colette .. Clancy, P erpetua ..

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12 33 58

10 32 10 57

58 33

30, 62 45 37 58 63

Clark, Carole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cole, Lorraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crameri, Nanette . . . . . . . . . . 30,

Daly-Smith, Judith .. D'Arcy, Julie ..... . Dawson Street Girls . . . . Desrn archelier, Anne .. Devitt, Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dubravcic, Libusa . . . . . . . . . . Dunphy, Jocelyn .. Dunphy, J osephine

Evans, Judith .... Eves, Patricia . . . . Ermacora, Anne tta . . . . . .

. Finlay, Margaret Flynn, Helen ..

Goodwin, J anice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gorman, Josephine ........... . Gregory, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gudgeon, Ad rianne .. Gudgeon, Sue .......... . .. .. .

Hamilton, Rosemary . . . . . . . . · .. Hayes, Sonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heffernan, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudson, Margaret ..

Johnson, Karlene .. Jones, Marie . . . . . . . ..... . .

56 54 19 10 32 64 35 45

45 55 34

55 10

43 47 37 17 17

43 34 47 21

42 59

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Kielkowska, Draha . . . . . . . .

Lahiff, Sandra . ....... .. . . Little, Ann . . . . . . . . Loftus-Hills, Suzanne Lorbeer, Ursula . . . . . .

Macfarlan, Robin . . . . . . . . McGuire, Judith ....... . Mcinerney, Anne .... .. . . Matthew, Yvonne . . . . . . . . . . . . Miller, Patsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montague, J ennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . Morris, Nina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murray, Judith ... .. .. . ..... .. .

Normanhurst Girls . . . . . . . . . .

Obrincsak, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . O'Bryan, Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O'Connor, Erin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O'Keefe, Mary .. ... ..... ..... . O'Mahony, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . O'Sullivan, Patricia . . . . . . . .

P epa, Maria (Spain) . . . . . . Piggford, Jane .. . ........ .

Quinn, Beverley . . . . . . . . . .

Rich , Sue .. ...... .. ..... .... . Rinaldi, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R yan, Nancy ....

Scantlebury, Anne Shepherd, Kay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Thyer, Jill ..

Upton, P eggy

Wakefield-Kent, F elicity . . Walsh, Valerie . . . . . . . . Ward, Nola . . . ..... .. ... . Wilkinson, Ann .. .... ... ..... ... .

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32 54 64 63

35 46 90 10 59 64 10 53

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30 17 59 43 56 62

12 90

34

37 17, 30

34

46 28

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BO ANS at your service with all your PERSONAL NEEDS

BOANS LIMITED Murray and Wellington Streets

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BOWRA AND O'DEA Funeral Directors

(Est. 1888)

195 Pier Street, Perth

Tel.: BA4308; Private, BA3376 and WU1063

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CHRISTMAS CRIB No. 104

• This beautiful little Crib makes a perfect Christn1as Gift. Designed especially for the Home it is ideal as an aid to your family devotions

during the Holy Season.

PRICE - - - 37/6 Please add postage .

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Jlrllrgriui & mo. Jitp. JLtb. 68 GA WLER PLACE, ADELAIDE

and in SYDNEY (Head Office), MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, PERTH

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'<!rbe T!)ou.se of ~ellegrini can supply

Child of

every need of the

Mary, from her recep­

ti on as an aspirant, to her

consecration .

• SUGGESTIONS IN REGALIA

• CLOAKS-In beautiful Madonna Blue Shantung-, cut

in circular design. 40in. 42in. 44in. 46in. 48in . 50in. 78/ - 80/ - 82/ - 84 / - 86 / - 88 / -

Available in same material, but not circular cut. 40in. 42in. 44in. 46in. 48in. 54 / - 56 / - 58/ - 60/ - 62 / -

VEILS-In superior quality net. 36in. x 36in. Varied embroidered designs 17 / 6 45in . x 45in. Hemmed, embroidered Corner 27 / 6 54in. x 54in. Embroidered Scalloped edge

and corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 / 6 54in. x 54in. As above with hem . . . . . . 34/ -54in. x 54in. Double row of embroidery

four sides and four corners . . . . 35 / -54in. x 54in. Embroidered edge, four

corners and hemmed 36/ -

GIRDLES Cincture type, in Silken Cord, with Silk Tassels, Madonna Blue colour,

3 / 9 ea. CHILD OF MARY MEDALS

Of Sterling Silver in Maltese Cross or Oval Shape . . . . . 6 / 6 ea.

SODALITY ROLL CARDS

Ruled for names and addresses of members. Particulars of attend­ance over 12 months for twenty names,

Gd. ea.

MANUAL OF THE CHILDREN OF MARY

An up-to-date hand­book, completely re­vised and newly re­printed . . . 4 / 6 each.

CERTIFICATES

Beautifully printed in full colour, with Act of Consecration artis­tically printed below, 16~in. x llin., 1/ - ea. Similar quality, diff­erent design , 11 ~ in. by Sin. . . . 9d. each.

OF SPECIAL NOTE

Two bindings of that popular Prayer Book,

"JESUS, KEEP ME." Edited by Father Robert

Power, C.M.

These are ideal prayer books for Children of Mary. Well bound, they contain the Ordinary of the Mass, Sunday and Feast Day Epistles and Gospels, B~mediction, Sta­tions of the Cross, Litanies and a host of other Devotions.

Black Leatherette, red edges, coloured markers,

12/ -

Black American Leather, gilt edges, round corn­ers, coloured markers,

21 / -

Jlellrgriui & C!tn. Jty. 14th. 543 GEORGE ST., SYDNEY

BRANCHES IN MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, ADELAIDE, PERTH

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The means whereby Catholic tradition may ~ be fittingly observed . . . the training of staff to give all needed assistance at church and cemetery ... in these and other aspects of service, W. N. Bull is genuinely qualified for the devout and dignified conduct of a funeral. Instructions are received at any hour, day or night, Sunday included.

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~~~R~O~B~E~R~T~R~I~T~C~H~I E~'~S ~~,

Modern Self-Service Store 55 Bridge Street, Ballarat

QUALITY GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES THOUSANDS HAVE TESTIFIED TO THE GREAT SAVING MADE BY

SHOPPING "THE SELF-SERVICE WAY."

YOUR INSPECTCON IS INVITED.

RITCHIE'S "SELL FOR LESS"

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Ill modern Wear glasses to harmonise with your personality, accurately dis­pensed to a doctor's prescription.

Prompt service, moderate cost.

OPTICAl PRESCRIPTIONS SPECT AClE MAKERS LIMITED

235 Macquarie Street 176-178 King Street, Sydney 'Phones: BW 5531 (3 lines )

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, lOu can't cat 11 Moose at a nzeal ...

NOBODY would seriously try to eat a whole moose at one meal, for that

animal is often 7 feet tall and weighs 1,000 pounds.

Consequently, the wise hunter preserves most of the moose meat so that he will

have something to fall back on when other food is scarce.

That is just another way of pointing out the fact that wise people provide

for their future well-being by saving some· thing out of all the money they earn.

So if you follow his example you '"'' won't try to eat a moose at a meal. (

You won't spend all your money in <·,, one go. Instead, you'll save something .. 1 . ".

out of every shilling you get; you'll ·•. put it away in a Commonwealth

Savings Bank account, where it will be safe until you want to buy

something really worthwhile.

C~1"0N"7EALTH t . -- _ · .

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C. J. McCARTHY & SONS

Wholesale Grocers and General Merchants

'Phone: FX. 5839

* We cater especially for Catholic Hospitals,

Convents, Colleges and Institutions.

Aluminiumware :: Brushware :: Candles

Groceries

-- PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE --

23 Beach Stree~ Clovelly

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LEWIS BROS. Motor Bus Proprietors

6 Alpha Street, Kensington Park Adelaide

'PHONE: F4701

* Special Picnic Trips or Extended Tours

Arranged. • =· =· ·=

A$ E. & T. S. ROXBURGH 8 DOWNING ST., EPPING, N.S.W.

'PHONE: WM 2216

Brooms : Brushes : Mops : Mop Wringers Paint Brushes, Etc.

QUALITY, WORKMANSHIP AND PRICE ARE ALL GOOD

MAIL ORDERS QUICK DELIVERY

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'PHONES: Order Dept. : NL\ 3163

Office: MA 7188

Cable and Telegrams: "PARDYPROV," SYDNEY.

PARDY PROVIDORES Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable

Merchants

41 Lackey Street, Sydney Suppliers to Hospitals (Private and Public),

Canteens, Hotels, Restaurants, Schools, Hostels, Colleges (including Riverview, Canisius, Santa Sabina, etc.) ; Convents (including Loreto Con­vent, Normanhurst; Loreto Convent, l(irribilli).

Contractors to R .. A.N., Army and Air Force.

Let us help you with your Providoring problems. Enquiries welcome. Our Representative will be pleased to call.

EFFICIENT SERVICE AND DELIVERY DAILY .

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FRANCES SCULLY SCHOOL OF D-LL\NCING

Studios : 40-41 Paling's Buildings

Ash Street, Sydney

Ballroom Classes and Private Lessons daily.

Debutantes Trained. Colleges Visited.

Inquiries: Tess Scully, BL 3316

H. J. SYMONS PTY. I~TD. Wholesale and Retail Butchers

1015 Mac.arthur Street Ballara t

(Established 1856)

COOl(ED MEATS and SMALL GOODS a SPECIA1~TY

For Quality ... Ring 282

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T your child too, can start

• growing up with • music

Give your child the sparkling fun of making music now ... with Palings' easy-payment plan. Individual terms

can be arranged making it possible to budget weekly for your child's music.

VICTOR PIANO from 35/9 weekly Ideal for students, the new Victor is a superb instrument of flawless tone and finish with a smooth, easy, precise play­ing action ... built to withstand extremes of climate, the Victor has been Australia's choice for over 60 years. Height 3'9", width 4'4", depth 22". Nominal deposit and 35 /9 weekly.

The House of Music for 100 Years

338 George Street, Sydney 328 Chapel Road, Bankstown

Newcastle, Lismore, Orange and Wollongong

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PTY., LTD.

(Established 1854)

Glassware Crockery

Cutlery 395 l(ent Street, Sydney

Cables and Telegrams: "Jondynon" Sydney. BX 3438 (5 Lines) .

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j T.C.BEIRNE'S I

Q11eensland's Popular Store

Headquarters for . . . Students' Requirements

Reading, writing and arithmetic are things most of us have forgotten and of which we sometimes wish we had more. What we do remember, is the handicap to social life at school caused by self-con­sciousness due to an ill fitting garment or a suit that was "different" and " wrong." Let that not trouble your child.

• As the result of years of specialised attention to the requirements of school children , T. C. BEIRNE'S are recognised as the leading school outfitters in the State. Complete stocks of convent attire for Loreto Convent are always on hand at T. C. BEIRNE'S.

Girls' Outfit for Pupils attending Loreto Convent

This uniform is made of Lystav material, with turned back cuffs and white pique collar, plain belt, with royal blue edging on tie. White panama hat with grey band, grey gloves, grey stocks and black shoes.

T. ·C. BEIRNE LTD.

The ''alley - - - Brisbane

'PHONE : B 1151

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JOSEPH -L~. J. WAR RY J>l1.C::. , J\f.J>.S.

CHEMIST

J>RESCRIJ>TIONS DISJ>ENSED

• J>ATENTS

Full Range of .

• COSJ\f ETICS

DAY OR NIGHT

• TOILETRIES

340 ORR,ONG ROAD, CAULFIELD

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'J>HONE: LB 2194.

. . =· THE AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR ENCYCLOPAEDIA

A Wonderful Set of Books for Every Home where there are Children, Every School and College Library

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The Australian Junior Encyclopaedia consists of two volumes (9f' x 7f'), 1056 pages, 24 colour plates, about 1,200 black and white illustrations, 8 maps in colour,

bound in brown fabrex, gold blo cked, with jacket in four colours.

Contents of Volume One- Astronomy and Geology; The A borigines; Geography; The Defence of Aus.tra lia; Cities and Govern­ment ; History; Primary History.

Contents of V olume Two-Coal Power and Metals; Transport and Communications; Cultural Life; Spof<t and Recreat ion ; Famous People in Austra lian History; Botany; Natural History .

A Descriptive Illustrated Prospectus is Available.

SPECIAL PRICE OF THE TWO VOLUMES, NOW £2/ 15/ 0.

RIGBY LIMITED Educational

~~. 16 G:::ell Street and 22 James

Booksellers

Place

.. Adelaide

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CENTRAL PROVISION STORES "THE WHITE STORES OF QUALITY"

ADELAIDE

GROCERS AND PROVISl10N MER·CHANTS OF HIGHEST REPUTE

OUR QUALITY AND SERVICE CANNOT BE EXCELLED

Branches in aln1ost every Suburb - Deliveries in every Suburb

BUY YOUR GROCERIES AT THE NEAREST CENTRAL PROVISION

STORE FOR SATISFACTION.

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GOLDEN CRUST BREAD

IS . ..

GOOD BREAD

69 SUTHERLAND ROAD, ARMADALE

TELEPHONE: U 3156.

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A. McLEISH l~ High-Grade Butcher 1

Schools and Colleges

Supplied

130 BURl(E ROAD

MALVERN

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J. HA YSHAM

13 Beatty A venue, Armadale ALSO

127 G·reville Str(~et, Prahran

Best Quality Fruit and Vegetables

Supplied Daily.

* Scholars Catered for Twice Weekly

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Cash at end of each School Term

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The 3 -in -1 COSEY MATTRESS •

Three Separate Pieces

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GEO. TIIOMPSON Bedding Manufacturer 'Phone: J 4972

- 881 Stanley St., East Brisbane (near State School)

All Kinds of Bedding Made and Repaired ----- Returned Same Day.

Me I( .. CULLEN "SPECIALIST" IN CHILDREN'S WEAR

"Individuality" is given to your "Loreto" Requirements :

• UNIFORMS, SPORTS FROCKS, BLAZERS, OVERALLS, HATS and HOSIERY.

• Also COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION FROCKS and VEILS at . . .

DIONE SALON

94 ADELAIDE STREET, BRISBANE 'PHONE: B 9381. ( 3 Doors from Albert Street)

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education is a

grand investment

You can rely on your college training to stand

you in good stead and enable you to take the lead in your future life. You can also rely on college clothing from Johnnies' - the Big store - who are leaders in this field . In our Girls' College W ea r Department on the First Floor, we specialise in tailored to measure college clothing

and in addition carry a full range of finely tailored, long wearing school wear, all mode from the very best of materials. So, when you're in need of new college clothing coll in at Johnnies. Our stocks include :-

e Siwuner and winter tunics

e Blouses of all types

e Leisure and sports tunics

e Summer and winter hats

e College blazers

e Ties, monograms, hat bands

e And all other accessories.

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The latest styles

h fashion-for t e . . Miss in magic wise

W have N Ion. e Y more n1any

. s and design

colours,

so why

next tiine

in town?

con1e

~ .. Take Your PRESCRIPTIONS to ...

Z. D. EDWARDS Ph.C., M.P .S.

DISPENSING CHEMIST THE MODERN PHARMACY

AT THE

CAVENDISH ROAD TRAM TERMINUS COORPAROO

For PROMPT and ACCURATE ATTENTION.

~ • For all Pharmaceutical Requirements. • Cosmetics and Toiletries

I \ • Film Service ~ ~ ~

• All Baby Needs and Toys • China, Crystal and Gifts

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E. GIBBONS

Church Furnisher and Bool~seller

573 Lower Bowen Terrace

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~all ~ lOeleh !f_td. SUPPLIERS IN MELBOURNE

OF .•.

G 1 R J_, S ' S C H 0 0 L 0 U T F I T S

for "LORETO"

e BLAZERS e TUNICS (Winter and Summer)

e CONFIRMATION FROCKS e TENNIS FROCKS, Etc.

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All Garments are Made-to-Order - to your Special Individual Measurements.

GIRLS' SCHOOLWEAR SECTION is on the SECOND FLOOR.

BALL & WELCH LTD.- Always Dependable -180-192 FLINDERS ST., MELBOURNE.

Wholly set up and printed ~t

ST. VINCENT'S BOYS' HOM1'., WESTMEAD, New . South Wales.